| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | 147 | How View more quotes about absurd">absurd, how incongruous this seemed! Her thigh seemed to cry out for the brand. |
| 39 | 148 | "Have you ever worn slave silk before?" I asked. |
| 39 | 149 | "No!" she said. |
| 39 | 150 | "Of course not!" "Some free women," I said, "purchase it secretly, and wear it in the privacy of their own compartments, sometimes weeping with need and sleeping at the foot of their own bed". |
| 39 | 151 | "How could you know such a thing?" she asked. |
| 39 | 152 | "From slavers," I said, "some of whom have caught the women there". |
| 39 | 153 | "I wanted to do that," she said, "but I lacked the courage". |