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| 20 | 175 | "No," she said, "View more quotes about alcino">Alcinoë is a small slave, a weak slave, a helpless, vulnerable slave. |
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| 20 | 172 | It is also designed not to mark, for one would not wish to lower the value of a slave. |
| 20 | 173 | There are differences, of course, amongst slaves. |
| 20 | 174 | "You are not a strong slave," I said. |
| 20 | 175 | "No," she said, "Alcinoë is a small slave, a weak slave, a helpless, vulnerable slave. |
| 20 | 176 | She cries easily, she has little control over her emotions, her skin is much alive. |
| 20 | 177 | It is thin, soft, and sensitive!" I was pleased to hear this, for the body of such a woman can become a burning tissue of awareness. |
| 20 | 178 | It is, far beyond that of duller women, alive and helpless, aware of the tiniest differences of temperature and air, and acutely so if naked or in a tunic; it is aware of the smallest differences in textures and fabrics, in the feel of fur, in the weaving of a mat under bare feet, the coolness of a scarlet tile, the whisper of silk on a thigh, the coarseness of a rope bound about her body, a strap on her wrist, the clasp of slave bracelets, holding her small hands behind her body, the weight of shackles on fair limbs. |