| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 139 | It is not uncommon for a View more quotes about slave">slave girl to ask permission to speak. |
| 10 | 140 | She is, after all, a slave. |
| 10 | 141 | To be sure, there is a great deal of variation in such matters, among masters and slaves. |
| 10 | 142 | Delicate considerations are sometimes involved, and much depends on a given context, the occasion, the location, who is present and such. |
| 10 | 143 | The slave, particularly after a cuffing or two, tends to develop a great sensitivity to such things. |
| 10 | 144 | Some slaves are permitted a liberty of speech by their masters which is not obviously inferior to that enjoyed by a free woman, until a stern look puts them to their knees, reminding them of what they are. |
| 10 | 145 | And it is a rare slave who has not, upon occasion, her master's patience at an end, been put upon her knees, facing a wall, gagged, her hands tied behind her back, or perhaps, bound hand and foot, her mouth taped shut, thrown naked on a bed. |