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| 28 | 204 | It would not do, of View more quotes about course">course, for her to share a wagon with contract women, but, on the other hand, as she was intended for a shogun, one would certainly not wish to risk her either in the mud and cold of the march, put her at the mercy of impatient whip-masters, who might mark her back, or place her in possible jeopardy from the attacks of men or beasts along the way. |
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| 28 | 201 | Saru, interestingly, was the only collar-girl in the march who was not afoot but wagoned. |
| 28 | 202 | She was back-braceleted and shackled, and put on blankets, that she not be bruised, and was occasionally covered with a tarpaulin to protect her from the rains. |
| 28 | 203 | This was obvious evidence of her specialness. |
| 28 | 204 | It would not do, of course, for her to share a wagon with contract women, but, on the other hand, as she was intended for a shogun, one would certainly not wish to risk her either in the mud and cold of the march, put her at the mercy of impatient whip-masters, who might mark her back, or place her in possible jeopardy from the attacks of men or beasts along the way. |
| 28 | 205 | This special attention accorded to Saru, of course, earned her the resentment, even the hatred, of many of her sister slaves, behind the wagons. |
| 28 | 206 | "She is not more beautiful than I," doubtless thought many of them, and doubtless correctly. |
| 28 | 207 | But, her eye and hair coloring was unusual. |