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| 11 | 17 | In the harshest adjustments of the sirik the View more quotes about girl">girl, in effect, is in close chains; in the freer adjustments, she may move with considerable grace and beauty; indeed, in some siriks, it is possible for her to dance. |
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| 11 | 14 | Too, in many siriks, the chain widths are adjustable. |
| 11 | 15 | In that way the latitudes of movement accorded to the slave may be enlarged or reduced, as the master pleases. |
| 11 | 16 | They are, as many other things in the slave's life, under his exact governance. |
| 11 | 17 | In the harshest adjustments of the sirik the girl, in effect, is in close chains; in the freer adjustments, she may move with considerable grace and beauty; indeed, in some siriks, it is possible for her to dance. |
| 11 | 18 | In the sirik adjustments often prescribed for a girl before a night like this she can scarcely walk, the vertical chain's lower attachment point being drawn up between her ankles, which are then separated by as little as three or four inches, and her wrists, too, before her body, are even more closely confined. |
| 11 | 19 | My master, however, had not seen fit to exercise such precautions in my case. |
| 11 | 20 | He knew, and I knew, they were unnecessary. |