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| 12 | 470 | Why should I not, in virtue of my View more quotes about beauty">beauty, attain to the highest of castes, assuming the Merchants was not already regarded, correctly, of course, as such—yes, to the very highest of castes, saving only that of the Initiates, of course". |
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| 12 | 467 | I knew little or nothing of the Initiates, but I had heard that such as I were not allowed in their temples, lest we profane them. |
| 12 | 468 | Normally, if our masters attended their services, we would be chained, or penned, outside, along with other animals. |
| 12 | 469 | "So," said she, "whatever his caste, assuming it was high, of course, it would be practical for us to contemplate a companionship, and if his caste should be thought higher than mine, however mistakenly, I could, in such a relationship, be thought to raise caste. |
| 12 | 470 | Why should I not, in virtue of my beauty, attain to the highest of castes, assuming the Merchants was not already regarded, correctly, of course, as such—yes, to the very highest of castes, saving only that of the Initiates, of course". |
| 12 | 471 | It seemed clear to me that she did not really believe, whatever might be her protestations, that the Merchants was a high caste. |
| 12 | 472 | She would be only too eager, it seemed, to "raise caste". |
| 12 | 473 | What had love to do with such things, I wondered. |