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| 7 | 105 | View more quotes about similarly">Similarly I was not versed in song, I was not skilled with lute or lyre, I did not even know the special dances of the gardens. |
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| 7 | 102 | That was possible. |
| 7 | 103 | But I was not sure of it. |
| 7 | 104 | The "flowers" here were of astounding quality and I was not at all sure that I, even given the fact that I might be of interest, even of remarkable interest, on this world, really belonged among them, at least on purely aesthetic grounds. |
| 7 | 105 | Similarly I was not versed in song, I was not skilled with lute or lyre, I did not even know the special dances of the gardens. |
| 7 | 106 | It is one thing to writhe naked before guards, one's body obedient to the slightest tremor of the flute, and quite another, for example, to swirl in a belt of jewels on the dancing floor of one of the golden taverns, reached only from the high bridges. |
| 7 | 107 | But then, perhaps, they are not really so different after all. |
| 7 | 108 | But, in any event, I had not had special training, or, at least, no training more special than any one such as I would have, who is not intended to be, and sold as, a dancer. |