She supposed that the question had been a trap, but, even had it not been, even if the scribe's question had been innocently, honestly, motivated, she thought it wisest to answer truthfully.
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As a slave she feared the penalties for prevarication, the least of which might be a severe whipping.
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"Then," said the scribe, "it appears that you are a lying slave".
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"No, Master," she wept.
"No, Master," said Ellen.
"Your records are correct.
I denied that I knew dance".
She supposed that the question had been a trap, but, even had it not been, even if the scribe's question had been innocently, honestly, motivated, she thought it wisest to answer truthfully.
As a slave she feared the penalties for prevarication, the least of which might be a severe whipping.
"Then," said the scribe, "it appears that you are a lying slave".
"No, Master," she wept.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )