"You came unattended, unprotected, to a festival camp of conquerors, of Cosians.
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You sat with men, chatting with them.
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Do you not think they would be curious as to what might lie hidden beneath your veils? Do you not think they would speculate as to what delights might lie concealed within your cumbersome robes? And do you think they would fail to note the putative value of your necklace, the sparkle of your jeweled robes and veils? And surely you knew that hundreds of women were to be marketed.
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And did you not flirt with the men? Was your veil not disarranged as though inadvertently when you drank? Did you not sit in a certain fashion, turned to the side, legs together, as a slave girl might sit, if she were permitted to sit? Did you not insolently, haughtily, arrogantly, put a naked slave to your feet, and not realize that men would be curious as to what you yourself might look like, put similarly to their feet? Did you not know that your carriage, and demeanor, your pride and pretensions, might try the patience of men? Did you not know that such might tempt them to transform you into something of more interest to them, that they might consider taking you in hand and turning you into a luscious, cringing slave, pathetically begging to please in whatever manner they might desire? And do not think that I did not see the hem of your robe lifted in such a way as to bare an ankle!" "No," wept the slave.
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"No!" "Perhaps they wondered what that ankle would look like, encircled with bangles, or thonged with slave bells".
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"No!" she protested.
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"You were begging the brand! You were courting the collar!" "No, no!" "At least," said Ellen, "they have permitted you some modesty".
"You came unattended, unprotected, to a festival camp of conquerors, of Cosians.
You sat with men, chatting with them.
Do you not think they would be curious as to what might lie hidden beneath your veils? Do you not think they would speculate as to what delights might lie concealed within your cumbersome robes? And do you think they would fail to note the putative value of your necklace, the sparkle of your jeweled robes and veils? And surely you knew that hundreds of women were to be marketed.
And did you not flirt with the men? Was your veil not disarranged as though inadvertently when you drank? Did you not sit in a certain fashion, turned to the side, legs together, as a slave girl might sit, if she were permitted to sit? Did you not insolently, haughtily, arrogantly, put a naked slave to your feet, and not realize that men would be curious as to what you yourself might look like, put similarly to their feet? Did you not know that your carriage, and demeanor, your pride and pretensions, might try the patience of men? Did you not know that such might tempt them to transform you into something of more interest to them, that they might consider taking you in hand and turning you into a luscious, cringing slave, pathetically begging to please in whatever manner they might desire? And do not think that I did not see the hem of your robe lifted in such a way as to bare an ankle!" "No," wept the slave.
"No!" "Perhaps they wondered what that ankle would look like, encircled with bangles, or thonged with slave bells".
"No!" she protested.
"You were begging the brand! You were courting the collar!" "No, no!" "At least," said Ellen, "they have permitted you some modesty".
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )