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| 13 | 30 | View more quotes about surely">Surely several of these were new to the mats, unfamiliar with being illuminated in the darkness by tapers, fearful of the chain on their necks, wary of the switches of masters, women who knew themselves no longer free but did not yet fully understand what it was to be a slave, an understanding which would be soon and perfectly achieved. |
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| 13 | 27 | I lifted the taper again. |
| 13 | 28 | A girl, illuminated, but much in shadows, too, shrank back, half kneeling, half lying. |
| 13 | 29 | "Do not be afraid," I told her, and went on. |
| 13 | 30 | Surely several of these were new to the mats, unfamiliar with being illuminated in the darkness by tapers, fearful of the chain on their necks, wary of the switches of masters, women who knew themselves no longer free but did not yet fully understand what it was to be a slave, an understanding which would be soon and perfectly achieved. |
| 13 | 31 | She whom I sought, and had considered buying for Pertinax, was she whom I had noted on the chain of Torgus, on the beach, kneeling with others, neck-chained, in the surf and sand, she who had seemed most ready or needful, she whom I thought would be the first to plead for a man's touch. |
| 13 | 32 | Sometimes a woman's igniting ensues as soon as she feels a collar put on her neck, one she cannot remove. |
| 13 | 33 | Other times it may be a thing as simple as stripping her and binding her wrists behind her body. |