| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 2 | 22 | View more quotes about similarly">Similarly, in such a formal situation, even the hair of the slave is normally thrown forward, before her shoulders. |
| 2 | 23 | "Seven strokes," I said. |
| 2 | 24 | "Yes," she whispered. |
| 2 | 25 | "Count them," I said. |
| 2 | 26 | Tears sprang to her eyes, in memory of the lashing. |
| 2 | 27 | "One," she said, "for parting my silk unbidden; two, for putting myself to the dirt before a customer, unbidden; three, for speaking without asking permission; four, for not speaking clearly; five, for not answering directly; six, because I am a slave; seven, because it pleased the master to strike me again". |
| 2 | 28 | "In many cases," I said, "with a private master, I do not think you would have been beaten at all this evening. |