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| 11 | 849 | And then, View more quotes about toward">toward morning, when the fires had burned low, and the room was gray, damp and cold, when those who had won them would be asleep, sated with the repast of pleasures derived from their winnings, their hands tied behind their bodies, their necks roped to the left ankles of their new masters, they might rest. |
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| 11 | 846 | "They would be seized by the hair, knelt, wine poured down their throats, spilling over their breasts and bodies, forced to dance drunkenly, put to their bellies, their lips to the feet of men, and ordered to beg for use. |
| 11 | 847 | Then, huddled together, kept in place with the lash, they might be gambled for. |
| 11 | 848 | And the evening might then end pleasantly as they, the winnings of men, caressed into supplicatory beasts, thrashed on the carpets and rushes. |
| 11 | 849 | And then, toward morning, when the fires had burned low, and the room was gray, damp and cold, when those who had won them would be asleep, sated with the repast of pleasures derived from their winnings, their hands tied behind their bodies, their necks roped to the left ankles of their new masters, they might rest. |
| 11 | 850 | Later, bent over, held in leading position, by groggy, stumbling masters, they would be conducted to their new dispositions. |
| 11 | 851 | They are the women of a conquered foe. |
| 11 | 852 | Thus, as prizes, they belong to the victors". |