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| 16 | 28 | I then View more quotes about began">began, in the manners of this world, as I had learned them in the pens, to serve, deferentially, self-effacingly, proffering drink and food, sensitive to, and obedient to, his least inclination, his least word or glance. |
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| 16 | 25 | He must have given some signal to the musicians, for they began to play, softly, in the background. |
| 16 | 26 | "You may serve," he said. |
| 16 | 27 | "Yes, Master," I said. |
| 16 | 28 | I then began, in the manners of this world, as I had learned them in the pens, to serve, deferentially, self-effacingly, proffering drink and food, sensitive to, and obedient to, his least inclination, his least word or glance. |
| 16 | 29 | How different these things were from the provender of the pens, of the pits! There was no gruel here, no dried mush, no pellets. |
| 16 | 30 | And I had not been fed since morning. |
| 16 | 31 | I hated the silken veil then, despite its beauty, for it sealed my lips from food. |