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| 16 | 20 | I approached the View more quotes about figure">figure on the divan, which wore lounging robes, and knelt before him, my head down. |
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| 16 | 17 | Before the divan, but a bit to the right, as I faced it, was a low table, on which there were beverages and fruits, and tiny bowls and plates, filled with an assortment of viands. |
| 16 | 18 | I felt momentarily giddy with the smell of the roasted meats, the breads and pastry. |
| 16 | 19 | We were not wholly alone in the room together for, to my right, back, near the divan, but not so close to it as the table, sitting on cushions, cross-legged, were three musicians. |
| 16 | 20 | I approached the figure on the divan, which wore lounging robes, and knelt before him, my head down. |
| 16 | 21 | "Kneel with your knees closed," he said, kindly. |
| 16 | 22 | This seemed fitting, as I was dressed. |
| 16 | 23 | I closed my knees. |