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| 27 | 2581 | Then, as she could not, as she lay, View more quotes about reach">reach his sandals, she put her head down before him, and pressed her lips to the grass, kissing it, pathetically. |
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| 27 | 2578 | She could not reach him easily, for he was some seven or eight feet from her, but she went to her belly, and, as nearly as she could manage, to the common second position of obeisance, and lifted her head, and looked up at him, piteously, her small wrists braceleted behind her. |
| 27 | 2579 | Her eyes were wild, and begging. |
| 27 | 2580 | Seldom had she felt more owned. |
| 27 | 2581 | Then, as she could not, as she lay, reach his sandals, she put her head down before him, and pressed her lips to the grass, kissing it, pathetically. |
| 27 | 2582 | She hoped that this placatory behavior might avert his wrath, perhaps even save her life. |
| 27 | 2583 | In the house of Mirus, long ago, she had been taught to crawl to a man on her belly and cover his feet with fervent, supplicatory kisses. |
| 27 | 2584 | She lifted her head, frightened, then lowered it, to kiss again at the grass. |