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| 10 | 392 | I saw the jailer, View more quotes about below">below me, put his foot in the stirrup, his left foot, and at the same time grasp the rope with his left hand, above his head; and then the rope, too, bore his weight. |
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| 10 | 389 | I tried to reach down with my toes to touch the stone, but they could not do so. |
| 10 | 390 | The rope now, with my weight on it, was taut. |
| 10 | 391 | I felt myself ascending. |
| 10 | 392 | I saw the jailer, below me, put his foot in the stirrup, his left foot, and at the same time grasp the rope with his left hand, above his head; and then the rope, too, bore his weight. |
| 10 | 393 | The bag was attached to a ring on the rope by means of its own ring, a ring which could open and close. |
| 10 | 394 | In this way, even if a girl, in her ascent, should squirm or struggle, the bag, ideally, remains affixed to the rope. |
| 10 | 395 | I trusted, of course, that these rings would hold. |