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| 16 | 130 | Through the matched apertures a dangling View more quotes about iron">iron ring had been closed. |
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| 16 | 127 | She looked at the other girls. |
| 16 | 128 | On their throats were heavy collars of black iron, the perforated ends of each curving about the neck to come together in front, in such a way that the collar curved closely about the neck behind the two perforated ends, and the two perforated ends extended forward. |
| 16 | 129 | These jutting ends then, with their matching apertures, were hammered flat together. |
| 16 | 130 | Through the matched apertures a dangling iron ring had been closed. |
| 16 | 131 | Thus, in a sense, the collar was doubly closed, having not only been hammered shut, but also secured with the ring joining the two ends of the metal. |
| 16 | 132 | Either closure is sufficient, of course. |
| 16 | 133 | This collar-and-ring arrangement is simply and inexpensively wrought, not requiring the fusing of metals in welding. |