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| 1 | 129 | The tile dance, for View more quotes about simple">simple psychological and behavioral reasons, having to do with the submission context and the motions of the body, can piteously arouse even a captured, cold free woman; in the case of a slave, of course, it can make her scream and sob with need. |
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| 1 | 126 | The dance signifies the restlessness, the misery, of a love-starved slave girl. |
| 1 | 127 | It is a premise of the dance that the girl moves and twists, and squirms, in her need, as if she is completely alone, as if her need is known only to herself; then, supposedly, the master surprises her, and she attempts to suppress the helplessness and torment of her needs; then, failing this, surrendering her pride in its final shred, she writhes openly, piteously, before him, begging him to deign to touch her. |
| 1 | 128 | Needless to say, the entire dance is observed by the master, and this, in fact, of course, is known to both the dancer and her audience, the master. |
| 1 | 129 | The tile dance, for simple psychological and behavioral reasons, having to do with the submission context and the motions of the body, can piteously arouse even a captured, cold free woman; in the case of a slave, of course, it can make her scream and sob with need. |
| 1 | 130 | "I hear that you have worked hard to perfect the tile dance," said Samos. |
| 1 | 131 | "I am only a poor slave," she said. |
| 1 | 132 | "The last five times you have performed this dance," said Samos, "Krobus tells me that he could not restrain himself from raping you". |