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| 3 | 167 | Too, there View more quotes about seemed">seemed something meaningful, something rich and almost symbolic, perhaps even defiant, about dancing here, in this place where I worked, with its whispers, its sedateness, its cerebral pretensions, to dance here, in this place, in such a place, as a woman. |
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| 3 | 164 | I do not think, really, that this was all simply a matter of space. |
| 3 | 165 | Perhaps it amused me to dance here, where I worked, I do not know. |
| 3 | 166 | Perhaps I enjoyed the contrast, known only to me, between quiet Doreen, the librarian, and Doreen, the secret Doreen of my heart, the dancer, or far worse. |
| 3 | 167 | Too, there seemed something meaningful, something rich and almost symbolic, perhaps even defiant, about dancing here, in this place where I worked, with its whispers, its sedateness, its cerebral pretensions, to dance here, in this place, in such a place, as a woman. |
| 3 | 168 | No, I do not think it was really all a matter of space. |
| 3 | 169 | How startled my co-workers would have been if they could have seen me, Doreen, barefoot, half naked, belled and bangled, dancing, and such dancing, dancing almost as though she might be a slave! And so it was here, in this private, perfect place, that I presented, in effect, my secret performances, performances which I had, of course, determined to keep wholly to myself, performances which I would never permit anyone to see, here where no one would ever know, where no one would even suspect, here where I was absolutely alone, where I was perfectly secure and safe. |
| 3 | 170 | I moved, warming up, preparing my muscles. |