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| 1 | 775 | Much, of View more quotes about course">course, depends on the particular master and slave. |
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| 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. |
| 1 | 778 | Naturally, in this context, she would have risked being lashed, and severely, had she not done so. |