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| 37 | 298 | There is a View more quotes about common">common command, familiar to all female slaves, "Belly," which brings us instantly to our bellies before he who commands us. |
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| 37 | 295 | "When the command 'Down!' is heard," said a man to us, "you will fling yourselves to your belly instantly. |
| 37 | 296 | When the command 'Up!' is heard, you will stand, instantly, arranging yourselves as you are now". |
| 37 | 297 | "Yes, Master," we said. |
| 37 | 298 | There is a common command, familiar to all female slaves, "Belly," which brings us instantly to our bellies before he who commands us. |
| 37 | 299 | This particular command expression, however, was not used in this context. |
| 37 | 300 | I speculate that this was because the context of the two commands, and certainly their connotations, was so different. |
| 37 | 301 | It is one thing, for example, to aesthetically and beautifully signify submission by bellying, perhaps on the furs at the foot of the couch, we being permitted upon them, and quite another to fling oneself down so that quarrels may be suddenly fired from behind one. |