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| 19 | 217 | Each of them had her View more quotes about wrists">wrists braceleted before her body, and each slave chain led to the slave bracelets of one of the girls; the lead girl, probably Elizabeth, was on a somewhat shorter chain than the two behind her, one on each side, doubtless Virginia and Phyllis. |
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| 19 | 214 | He met resistance. |
| 19 | 215 | Below, in the darkness, there came the sudden, startling, savage report of a slave whip, snapped three times. |
| 19 | 216 | Then, regally, in black cloaks, with hoods, three women, two girls and their leader, climbed the stairs to the block, backs straight, heads high, their features concealed in the folds of the hood. |
| 19 | 217 | Each of them had her wrists braceleted before her body, and each slave chain led to the slave bracelets of one of the girls; the lead girl, probably Elizabeth, was on a somewhat shorter chain than the two behind her, one on each side, doubtless Virginia and Phyllis. |
| 19 | 218 | Their black cloaks were rather like ponchos with hoods, save that there were slits through which their arms emerged. |
| 19 | 219 | The length of the cloak, which was full and flowing, fell to their ankles. |
| 19 | 220 | Their feet, of course, were bare. |