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| 1 | 774 | On the other View more quotes about hand">hand, it is not unusual for a slave to request this permission explicitly, particularly if she is not certain that it will be granted. |
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| 1 | 771 | Speech is one of the glories of the human female, and she loves to express herself, as she does so well, frequently and at length, eloquently and lyrically. |
| 1 | 772 | Few things so impress her bondage upon her then as the understanding that her very speech is contingent on the will of the master, and his permission, whether this be implicit, or explicit. |
| 1 | 773 | For the sake of ease this permission is usually implicit. |
| 1 | 774 | On the other hand, it is not unusual for a slave to request this permission explicitly, particularly if she is not certain that it will be granted. |
| 1 | 775 | Much, of course, depends on the particular master and slave. |
| 1 | 776 | But even a loquacious slave understands that her permission to speak is dependent on the master, and that that permission, at any time, may be revoked. |
| 1 | 777 | I thought it was wise, and sensitive, that the new slave had availed herself of this homely protocol in addressing her master. |