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| 6 | 140 | I View more quotes about sensed">sensed this from his position, central and prominent among them, and from the nature of his gaze upon me, which I could meet only for an instant. |
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| 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. |
| 6 | 139 | I began, of course, with he whom I immediately sensed was first among the strangers. |
| 6 | 140 | I sensed this from his position, central and prominent among them, and from the nature of his gaze upon me, which I could meet only for an instant. |
| 6 | 141 | I moved before the men, first before one and then before another, approaching, withdrawing, sometimes as if unwilling, or shy, sometimes almost as if daring to be insolent or rebellious, but not quite, or not really, of course, for if such things are misunderstood one may quickly feel the lash. |
| 6 | 142 | It is more as though a token challenge were offered but one which is clearly understood as, and is presented as, no more than that, for one knows that even such tokens may be swept away, and crushed, and one may find oneself suddenly upon one's knees, in one's place, cringing in terror, in the rightful servitude of one's nature. |
| 6 | 143 | And then there is a sensuousness which can be taunting, in effect, a challenge to one's conquest, and a sensuousness which is taunting in another respect, an invitation to partake of proffered raptures. |