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| 2 | 191 | I did View more quotes about know">know that much thought, however, even in a lesser house, goes into the display of slaves. |
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| 2 | 188 | "It was clever of the house master to put this one, a plainer girl, and a barbarian, before Adraste," said the fellow who had relieved Adraste of her bonds. |
| 2 | 189 | "In that way, by contrast one accentuates the beauty of Adraste". |
| 2 | 190 | I was not pleased to hear this. |
| 2 | 191 | I did know that much thought, however, even in a lesser house, goes into the display of slaves. |
| 2 | 192 | What merchant is not aware of such things? It is not unusual to display a plainer woman first, in order to dramatize the greater value of the subsequent merchandise. |
| 2 | 193 | I did not regard myself as plain, of course, and I doubted that many masters would have done so. |
| 2 | 194 | In any event, angrily, I resolved to do better than well, and show the tiers goods for which bids would be fierce, goods which could be removed from the block only dearly. |