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| 24 | 334 | Most placatory dances, however, are not View more quotes about fixed">fixed-form dances, but are "free" dances, in which the slave, exquisitely alert to the nuances of the situation, the particular master, the nature of his displeasure, the gravity of her offense, and such, improvises, doing her best to assuage his anger and beg his forgiveness, to reassure him of the authenticity of her contrition and the genuineness of her desire to do better. |
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| 24 | 331 | For example, I had not been taught the stately "Contrition Dance" of Turia. |
| 24 | 332 | It had been felt that the nature of my body lent itself to a more desperate, needful, lascivious form of dance. |
| 24 | 333 | I had been taught how to dance on my knees, for example, and, supplicatingly, on my back, and belly. |
| 24 | 334 | Most placatory dances, however, are not fixed-form dances, but are "free" dances, in which the slave, exquisitely alert to the nuances of the situation, the particular master, the nature of his displeasure, the gravity of her offense, and such, improvises, doing her best to assuage his anger and beg his forgiveness, to reassure him of the authenticity of her contrition and the genuineness of her desire to do better. |
| 24 | 335 | "There is no garbage here, on which to make your bed," said one of the men, "and I have learned that, indeed, in any event, you are worth less than it". |
| 24 | 336 | "Yes, Master," I said. |
| 24 | 337 | "Nor do I have a cloak now, doubled, to soften the cruelty of the cobblestones to your back," he said. |