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| 11 | 15 | In that way the latitudes of movement accorded to the View more quotes about slave">slave may be enlarged or reduced, as the master pleases. |
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| 11 | 12 | To it are fastened two horizontal chains, one, from its attachment point near the lower belly, terminating in slave bracelets, wrist-rings, or manacles, and the other, from its attachment point at the end of the dangling chain, usually lying on the floor, or ground, terminating in shackles or ankle-rings. |
| 11 | 13 | Parts of this arrangement may function separately, of course, for example, the long chain as a leash, the horizontal attachments as, say, slave bracelets or ankle shackles. |
| 11 | 14 | Too, in many siriks, the chain widths are adjustable. |
| 11 | 15 | In that way the latitudes of movement accorded to the slave may be enlarged or reduced, as the master pleases. |
| 11 | 16 | They are, as many other things in the slave's life, under his exact governance. |
| 11 | 17 | In the harshest adjustments of the sirik the girl, in effect, is in close chains; in the freer adjustments, she may move with considerable grace and beauty; indeed, in some siriks, it is possible for her to dance. |
| 11 | 18 | In the sirik adjustments often prescribed for a girl before a night like this she can scarcely walk, the vertical chain's lower attachment point being drawn up between her ankles, which are then separated by as little as three or four inches, and her wrists, too, before her body, are even more closely confined. |