How kind is Portus, my master, to me, she thought, gratefully.
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How kind he is to a lowly barbarian, a mere Earth-girl slave! After an Ahn or so, she went again to her knees, holding the blanket clasped about her, and reached out for, and picked up, the small, round, flat loaf of bread which lay on the wicker flooring with the tiny bota.
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She bit off pieces of the bread while kneeling.
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There was nothing untoward in this, or unique to her condition, which was that of slave, for Gorean women in the high cities, and particularly those of high caste, commonly eat kneeling, or reclining, at low tables, as Gorean men in the high cities, particularly those of the higher castes, commonly eat at such tables cross-legged, or, like the women, reclining.
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To be sure, a slave's dishes are often placed before her, on the floor, not on a table.
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The slave, of course, might be denied the use of her hands, if the master wishes, and then she must put down her head, and, on all fours, eat and drink from pans on the floor.
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Too, she is sometimes fed from the master's hand, again not permitted to use her own hands.
How kind is Portus, my master, to me, she thought, gratefully.
How kind he is to a lowly barbarian, a mere Earth-girl slave! After an Ahn or so, she went again to her knees, holding the blanket clasped about her, and reached out for, and picked up, the small, round, flat loaf of bread which lay on the wicker flooring with the tiny bota.
She bit off pieces of the bread while kneeling.
There was nothing untoward in this, or unique to her condition, which was that of slave, for Gorean women in the high cities, and particularly those of high caste, commonly eat kneeling, or reclining, at low tables, as Gorean men in the high cities, particularly those of the higher castes, commonly eat at such tables cross-legged, or, like the women, reclining.
To be sure, a slave's dishes are often placed before her, on the floor, not on a table.
The slave, of course, might be denied the use of her hands, if the master wishes, and then she must put down her head, and, on all fours, eat and drink from pans on the floor.
Too, she is sometimes fed from the master's hand, again not permitted to use her own hands.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )