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| 25 | 9 | More than View more quotes about once">once Kisu had struck her across the shoulders with his broad-bladed, ornately carved paddle when she, weary, arms aching, had faltered in the rhythm of the stroke. |
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| 25 | 6 | He wanted her within his reach. |
| 25 | 7 | She knew herself constantly under his scrutiny. |
| 25 | 8 | She dared not shirk, no more than the other slaves, in the heavy work set her. |
| 25 | 9 | More than once Kisu had struck her across the shoulders with his broad-bladed, ornately carved paddle when she, weary, arms aching, had faltered in the rhythm of the stroke. |
| 25 | 10 | We had come to the sill, that place where the marsh gives way to the waters of Ngao. |
| 25 | 11 | Kisu and I slipped into the water and, wading, slipping in the mud, thrust and hauled the canoe forward. |
| 25 | 12 | Then the marsh reeds parted and I saw, before us, sparkling in the sun, broad and shining, the waters of Lake Ngao. |