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| 6 | 135 | I had View more quotes about known">known, of course, for years, even before puberty, that such deferences, obeisances, and such, were owed to men, but I had never expected, except perhaps in dreams, to find myself in my present position, one in which I was subject to, and must behave in accordance with, such appropriatenesses. |
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| 6 | 132 | I then, facing the strangers, the newcomers, knelt before them, in a position of obeisance, my head down to the floor, the palms of my hands on the floor, too. |
| 6 | 133 | "She looks well in such a position," said a man. |
| 6 | 134 | "They all do," said another. |
| 6 | 135 | I had known, of course, for years, even before puberty, that such deferences, obeisances, and such, were owed to men, but I had never expected, except perhaps in dreams, to find myself in my present position, one in which I was subject to, and must behave in accordance with, such appropriatenesses. |
| 6 | 136 | "Begin," said he who was first among those of the house. |
| 6 | 137 | I rose to my feet, and, obedient to the injunction under which I had been placed, began to move. |
| 6 | 138 | I moved first before one man and then another. |