| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 9 | 587 | He observes the serving. |
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| 9 | 584 | View more quotes about sometimes">Sometimes the defeated administrator or ubar is forced to witness such a banquet, from a throne, clad in his robes of state, a throne set just below that of his conqueror. |
| 9 | 585 | On his plate a dead urt, in his goblet gall. |
| 9 | 586 | Amongst the women serving may be his own daughters. |
| 9 | 587 | He observes the serving. |
| 9 | 588 | Any tardiness or laxity, or clumsiness, is promptly dealt with by a switch master. |
| 9 | 589 | Later there will be dancing, and the new slaves, numbers scrawled on their breasts, will perform. |
| 9 | 590 | Then, huddled together on the floor between the tables, in the dancing space, frightened, exhausted from their writhing, their uses will be gambled for by their numbers, and then, as the lots fall, they will be dragged, one by one, to the tables, or the sides of the room, to give pleasure to their masters of the moment. |