"Targo is coming," whispered one of the girls, she closest on the left.
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Ellen kept her head down, pretending to be asleep.
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"Man!" suddenly said the girl to her right.
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Instantly, without really thinking, and not really understanding, at least for the first instant, why she did what she did, Ellen went to the first obeisance position.
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It was, you see, a matter of an instant response, one consequent on her training.
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She heard the girl to her right laugh.
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Ellen was going to break position angrily, and speak crossly to the girl, thinking herself the victim of a joke, when it occurred to her that the "Man" command might have been appropriately motivated.
"Targo is coming," whispered one of the girls, she closest on the left.
Ellen kept her head down, pretending to be asleep.
"Man!" suddenly said the girl to her right.
Instantly, without really thinking, and not really understanding, at least for the first instant, why she did what she did, Ellen went to the first obeisance position.
It was, you see, a matter of an instant response, one consequent on her training.
She heard the girl to her right laugh.
Ellen was going to break position angrily, and speak crossly to the girl, thinking herself the victim of a joke, when it occurred to her that the "Man" command might have been appropriately motivated.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )