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| 24 | 86 | As a View more quotes about high">high slave she might be permitted the surface of a couch. |
| 24 | 87 | I could imagine her kneeling beside a master's couch, as other slaves, not knowing if she would be permitted on its surface or not. |
| 24 | 88 | She might kneel beside it, timidly, hopefully, looking to the master, to read his will. |
| 24 | 89 | Permitted the privilege of ascending to its surface, she would first humbly, fervently, gratefully, press her lips to a coverlet, acknowledging the privilege accorded her, before presuming to crawl to his side. |
| 24 | 90 | I had heard that she crawled well to him. |
| 24 | 91 | She had better do so, I thought. |
| 24 | 92 | Ibn Saran was the sort of man to whom a woman could do little other than crawl. |