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| 10 | 243 | I had View more quotes about seen">seen her, in frustration, strike him, again and again, but he would make no effort to protect himself, or fend her away. |
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| 10 | 240 | She was, of course, a free woman. |
| 10 | 241 | Sometimes she would stamp her small foot, and pout, in annoyance, but he would be adamant, as a rock, if he feared for her welfare. |
| 10 | 242 | He would even, with all his size and might, accept abuse at her hands, patiently, unflinchingly. |
| 10 | 243 | I had seen her, in frustration, strike him, again and again, but he would make no effort to protect himself, or fend her away. |
| 10 | 244 | I myself would have been afraid to lift my hand to him, lest it be bitten off. |
| 10 | 245 | I had been purchased, obviously, at least in part, for the work of a female slave, that I might labor on behalf of my mistress, keep the domicile, clean and launder, purchase, prepare, and cook food, as I might, fetch and carry, in particular bringing water from the fountains, run errands, indulge her whims, tend to her wants, accompany her, head down, in the streets, and such. |
| 10 | 246 | I did not care for the slavery, as I was a female slave, and had no master. |