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| 21 | 330 | But View more quotes about perhaps">perhaps, even more, the cargo might be regarded as too precious to be risked in the vicinity of male slaves. |
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| 21 | 327 | The chair, I noted, was not borne by male draft slaves, but was supported by tharlarion. |
| 21 | 328 | There might be various reasons for this. |
| 21 | 329 | One might be ostentation, a simple display of wealth, for good tharlarion are generally more expensive than male slaves, particularly draft slaves. |
| 21 | 330 | But perhaps, even more, the cargo might be regarded as too precious to be risked in the vicinity of male slaves. |
| 21 | 331 | After all, they are men. |
| 21 | 332 | Too, perhaps it was felt inappropriate, if the cargo was deemed of sufficient beauty, that it even be borne by male slaves. |
| 21 | 333 | After all, might there not be some danger, as the fair occupant entered into, or descended gracefully from, the sedan chair, that there might be the careless movement of a veil, revealing a bit of throat, or the inadvertent lifting of a robe of concealment, giving them the glimpse of a briefly exposed ankle? "Drink," I said to Feiqa. |