But there was no indication that he even knew she was in the camp.
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Surely there would have been, so far as she knew, no reason for him to suppose she was here.
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Doubtless he had business here, but it did not seem that it would concern a lowly slave, one he had discarded for a pittance, after teaching her pain, shame, and the meaning of her collar.
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"wine, slave girl!" called a fellow, from about the very fire where Mirus sat.
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She wanted to turn and flee, and seemed rooted to the spot, nor did it seem that she dared to approach.
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Yet she knew she must serve.
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He must not see her as she was now, not shamed, not as a naked slave! What was she to do? Then she feared a command might be repeated, and she might then be thrown beside the fire and beaten before him, as a tardy slave.
But there was no indication that he even knew she was in the camp.
Surely there would have been, so far as she knew, no reason for him to suppose she was here.
Doubtless he had business here, but it did not seem that it would concern a lowly slave, one he had discarded for a pittance, after teaching her pain, shame, and the meaning of her collar.
"wine, slave girl!" called a fellow, from about the very fire where Mirus sat.
She wanted to turn and flee, and seemed rooted to the spot, nor did it seem that she dared to approach.
Yet she knew she must serve.
He must not see her as she was now, not shamed, not as a naked slave! What was she to do? Then she feared a command might be repeated, and she might then be thrown beside the fire and beaten before him, as a tardy slave.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )