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| 16 | 56 | View more quotes about apparently">Apparently she had not been tied gently. |
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| 16 | 53 | The woman on the bench near to me whimpered. |
| 16 | 54 | She moved her body a little on the cool marble, piteously, clutching it with her hands, her legs chained on either side of the smooth, inflexible expanse. |
| 16 | 55 | The woman who had just been added to the chain rubbed her wrists. |
| 16 | 56 | Apparently she had not been tied gently. |
| 16 | 57 | I wondered if she, a free woman, not yet a slave, had dared to express less than total deference before a man, or if she were important. |
| 16 | 58 | "Mother," whispered a voice, from among the other captives, "is it you?" "Is it you?" whispered the new woman, startled, wildly, turning about. |
| 16 | 59 | "Yes," said the other. |