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| 13 | 22 | He would not View more quotes about know">know that Nelsa hated Ellen, fearing that she might tell her secret, about the threatened scalding. |
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| 13 | 19 | On the broad, circular roof, some fifty yards in diameter, there were numerous, sturdy, tiered racks of poles on which levels of laundry might be dried, and, between these racks, were numerous swaying lines, from which a great deal more wash, like flags, shook, flapped and fluttered in the wind, held to the lines with simple, numerous, wooden, hand-carved clothespins. |
| 13 | 20 | Gart, when he had acceded to Ellen's request to work on the roof, had assigned several of the girls close to her the same duty. |
| 13 | 21 | Perhaps he thought they were friends. |
| 13 | 22 | He would not know that Nelsa hated Ellen, fearing that she might tell her secret, about the threatened scalding. |
| 13 | 23 | Nor would he know that Ellen, in Laura's opinion, was little more than a petty, vain, stupid, self-important, ignorant, scheming, meaningless little bit of slave fluff. |
| 13 | 24 | On the other hand, as an astute work-master, well accustomed to dealing with female slaves, he may have assigned the group as he did in order to reduce jealousy, diminish resentments, and such. |
| 13 | 25 | After all, he could not always be in the laundry. |