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| 2 | 27 | "One," she said, "for parting my View more quotes about silk">silk unbidden; two, for putting myself to the dirt before a customer, unbidden; three, for speaking without asking permission; four, for not speaking clearly; five, for not answering directly; six, because I am a slave; seven, because it pleased the master to strike me again". |
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| 2 | 24 | "Yes," she whispered. |
| 2 | 25 | "Count them," I said. |
| 2 | 26 | Tears sprang to her eyes, in memory of the lashing. |
| 2 | 27 | "One," she said, "for parting my silk unbidden; two, for putting myself to the dirt before a customer, unbidden; three, for speaking without asking permission; four, for not speaking clearly; five, for not answering directly; six, because I am a slave; seven, because it pleased the master to strike me again". |
| 2 | 28 | "In many cases," I said, "with a private master, I do not think you would have been beaten at all this evening. |
| 2 | 29 | For example, a private master, though he might be particular about such things, is less likely than a public master, in public, to administer discipline for, say, speaking without permission. |
| 2 | 30 | To be sure, if your speech is thought insufficiently respectful, or too bold or forward, or you have been recently warned not to speak, or it is obviously not a time in which he wishes to hear you speak, or such, you might be beaten. |