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| 21 | 582 | But, too, she had View more quotes about little">little doubt, at least in her case, of the bondage to which she, if permitted to live, would be likely to be consigned. |
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| 21 | 579 | Too, it stirs the female in the slave. |
| 21 | 580 | Finding herself under the continuing regard of Aemilianus the former Lady Publia, her charade of pretended freedom over, wisely spread her knees. |
| 21 | 581 | It was a placatory gesture, in its way an appeal for lenience, or mercy. |
| 21 | 582 | But, too, she had little doubt, at least in her case, of the bondage to which she, if permitted to live, would be likely to be consigned. |
| 21 | 583 | She was thus hopefully proffering herself. |
| 21 | 584 | Too, she understood, clearly, from his gaze, that this gesture or attitude, or posture, was expected of her by Aemilianus. |
| 21 | 585 | And so spread her knees, to obey, to please, to plead, to proffer, and in doing so thereby comprehended the nature of the bondage in terms of which she was to be seen. |