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| 40 | 13 | Had she been banished from his sight, if not from his convenience? It is not View more quotes about unusual">unusual, incidentally, to put a slave in the background, so to speak, in a place from whence she may be easily brought to serve, but, too, where her presence will not intrude on the attention of free persons. |
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| 40 | 10 | It was now after the meal, and she had tidied the camp, smoothed the beddings, and such. |
| 40 | 11 | She now knelt in the vicinity of her master, but to one side, and back, in a place he had indicated. |
| 40 | 12 | In this way she would be close at hand, and thus easily summonable, but her presence would be unobtrusive, outside the purview of her master, who, it seemed, might not now care to look upon her. |
| 40 | 13 | Had she been banished from his sight, if not from his convenience? It is not unusual, incidentally, to put a slave in the background, so to speak, in a place from whence she may be easily brought to serve, but, too, where her presence will not intrude on the attention of free persons. |
| 40 | 14 | Free women often insist on this. |
| 40 | 15 | Indeed, when free women are present, at a supper, or such, the slave is likely to be demurely, modestly, clothed, even in an ankle-length gown. |
| 40 | 16 | To be sure, she is denied gloves, her arms are commonly bare, and the collar must be clearly visible. |