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| 13 | 126 | Too, there were View more quotes about certain">certain words, and combinations of words, in this language I found it impossible to pronounce like a native speaker. |
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| 13 | 123 | Perhaps if she had seen me in a slave tunic, kneeling before her, she might have done so. |
| 13 | 124 | I supposed it would be impossible for me to ever completely eradicate the "slave accent" from my speech. |
| 13 | 125 | I had not, for example, learned the language as a child. |
| 13 | 126 | Too, there were certain words, and combinations of words, in this language I found it impossible to pronounce like a native speaker. |
| 13 | 127 | Too, if I grew excited, or confused, I would surely betray myself by some slip. |
| 13 | 128 | Too, some utterance in my native tongue might escape me in dreaming. |
| 13 | 129 | And there were numerous other ways, too, physical and otherwise, in which my origins might be betrayed, such as a vaccination mark and two tiny fillings. |