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| 13 | 494 | And yet, alas, it was not with relief, and gladness, but in grief, and View more quotes about moved">moved by disappointment and sorrow, that I awakened. |
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| 13 | 491 | But I recalled, you see, a brighter, fresher, greener, more sensate, more living reality. |
| 13 | 492 | I recalled the tiles of a palace, the weight of obdurate, clasping chains, my nudity, the tiny movements of air upon my body, the feel of the flat, colored surface of the tiles beneath my knees, and, too, beneath my forehead, as I knelt, my hair spread upon them, betokening submission, humbly rendering obeisance, hoping to be found pleasing. |
| 13 | 493 | How horrifying, doubtless, to kneel head down, helpless, naked, chained, awaiting the fierce stroke of a man's claiming lash. |
| 13 | 494 | And yet, alas, it was not with relief, and gladness, but in grief, and moved by disappointment and sorrow, that I awakened. |
| 13 | 495 | How can that be understood? Why did I not have the feelings I should have had? Am I so ill-educated and uninformed? What a terrible woman I was to have such dreams!" "Not at all," I said. |
| 13 | 496 | "Such dreams may be disturbing to the waking mind, which does not understand them at the time, but they are not unusual, and, indeed, are indicative of health and normality". |
| 13 | 497 | "When I knew I was to be sent to such a male, one of the different ones, I would be unusually concerned with my appearance and dress. |