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| 9 | 34 | It would seat no more than a View more quotes about hundred">hundred buyers. |
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| 9 | 31 | Then, stripped, chained by the throat, in a long chain of girls, each separated from the other by about ten feet, secured not even by the dignity of a collar but only by a loop of the communal chain bolted or padlocked about her neck, each is dragged up the steps of the minor block, bid upon while a one-Ehn sand clock is turned, sold for the highest bid that comes forth in one Ehn, and then dragged down the steps on the other side, making room for the next girl. |
| 9 | 32 | "This is the best of our private auction rooms," said Ho-Tu. |
| 9 | 33 | I looked into one of the private salesrooms in the House of Cernus. |
| 9 | 34 | It would seat no more than a hundred buyers. |
| 9 | 35 | The tiers in the room were of marble. |
| 9 | 36 | The room itself was draped in rich purple. |
| 9 | 37 | The block itself, interestingly, as tradition required, was rounded and of wood. |