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| 9 | 138 | "You may finish your work," I informed the View more quotes about slave">slave from Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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| 9 | 135 | The door opened and Susan entered, and knelt down and lowered her head. |
| 9 | 136 | It is common for slaves to kneel when entering the presence of free persons. |
| 9 | 137 | It is common, too, of course, more generally, for them to kneel whenever they find themselves in the presence of a free person, for example, if they are in a room and a free person enters. |
| 9 | 138 | "You may finish your work," I informed the slave from Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| 9 | 139 | "Yes, Mistress. |
| 9 | 140 | Thank you, Mistress," said the girl. |
| 9 | 141 | In a moment, then, she was again, on her hands and knees, with water and cloths, her head down, rinsing and cleaning the tiles, thoroughly and carefully removing the residue of sticky, half-dried wine from them. |