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| 19 | 281 | I View more quotes about gathered">gathered that a slave's failure to yield suitable deference to such individuals might be regarded as a peculiarly heinous omission, one perhaps jeopardizing not only the girl, who, after all, was but a mere slave, but perhaps the city itself. |
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| 19 | 278 | Those in the crowd, too, with but few exceptions, exhibited extreme deference to these robed individuals, whom I took to be "Initiates," both free men and women assuming attitudes of deference, most standing with heads respectfully inclined. |
| 19 | 279 | The slave girls, those near the front of the crowd, whom I could see, as the procession passed, had thrust their heads down to the stones of the docking area. |
| 19 | 280 | Some trembled. |
| 19 | 281 | I gathered that a slave's failure to yield suitable deference to such individuals might be regarded as a peculiarly heinous omission, one perhaps jeopardizing not only the girl, who, after all, was but a mere slave, but perhaps the city itself. |
| 19 | 282 | The procession had now stopped, in such a way that the twenty or so men with their golden bowls, on the other side of the captives, were now in a single line, all facing the crowd. |
| 19 | 283 | Before them, toward the center, were the three boys, novices, I supposed. |
| 19 | 284 | He with the golden standard, that surmounted with the golden circle, was in the center. |