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| 21 | 1270 | View more quotes about sometimes">Sometimes it seems the beauty of a slave is visible to few but the master, perhaps only to those who, thoughtful and discerning, have the eyes to see it. |
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| 21 | 1267 | To be sure, more than one kettle-and-mat girl has blossomed in bondage, and become a dream of delight to her presumably impecunious master. |
| 21 | 1268 | Indeed, some of the happiest of slaves seem to be those who find themselves in what most might deem a humble bondage at best. |
| 21 | 1269 | Much depends on the particular master and slave. |
| 21 | 1270 | Sometimes it seems the beauty of a slave is visible to few but the master, perhaps only to those who, thoughtful and discerning, have the eyes to see it. |
| 21 | 1271 | Too, as women commonly desire clothing, particularly when in public, and given the master's options with respect to their clothing, most slaves strive to be pleasing, lest they be publicly exhibited, perhaps fastened nude in slave yokes and driven about the city by children with switches. |
| 21 | 1272 | This is apparently particularly unpleasant, it seems, to be seen so not only by contemptuous free women but by other slaves, as well, who will ridicule and jeer them. |
| 21 | 1273 | The slave girl's protection and champion is the master, who stands between her and others, particularly between her and free women; he is the shield behind which she hopes to be sheltered, nurtured, and loved, a shield without which she, a slave, would be vulnerable not only to abuse and cruelty, but even physical jeopardy. |