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| 9 | 270 | He could have bought me at the View more quotes about house">house, at a discount, if he had wanted me, not waiting, not following me for great distances, not almost certainly paying more in an open market, not risking losing me to a higher bidder in a place such as Market of Semris. |
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| 9 | 267 | Among slaves, not free women, these things are sometimes spoken of along the lines as to whether or not a girl has been "opened" for the uses of men. |
| 9 | 268 | Other common terms, used generally of slaves, are 'white silk' and 'red silk', for girls who have not yet been opened, or have been opened, for the uses of men, respectively. |
| 9 | 269 | I suddenly wondered, wildly, my hands high, held fast in the manacles, if Teibar, my Teibar, might be out there somewhere among those men, perhaps high in the tiers, in the darkness, waiting to bid on me! Then I realized how foolish that would be. |
| 9 | 270 | He could have bought me at the house, at a discount, if he had wanted me, not waiting, not following me for great distances, not almost certainly paying more in an open market, not risking losing me to a higher bidder in a place such as Market of Semris. |
| 9 | 271 | No, Teibar would not be here. |
| 9 | 272 | It was I who was here, alone. |
| 9 | 273 | I heard myself characterized as being "semitrained". |