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| 17 | 824 | After a few minutes the View more quotes about rain">rain stopped, rather suddenly, as it had begun, and water dripped from awnings, and trickled through cracks in the paving stones of the market square, and the sun again blazed down, as before, yellow, hot, indifferent, merciless. |
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| 17 | 821 | Too, Ellen would learn later that slaves were sometimes tied outside, exposed in cruel weather, that they might learn to better appreciate the warmth of a fire, the significance of a blanket, the snugness of a place at the foot of the master's couch. |
| 17 | 822 | What am I, she wondered. |
| 17 | 823 | What am I, truly? And she feared she knew the answer. |
| 17 | 824 | After a few minutes the rain stopped, rather suddenly, as it had begun, and water dripped from awnings, and trickled through cracks in the paving stones of the market square, and the sun again blazed down, as before, yellow, hot, indifferent, merciless. |
| 17 | 825 | Some bustle in the market resumed, though muted now, and water was brushed away from the stalls, and, in places, blankets were again spread and various goods, pans, vessels, jewelries, and such, were arranged on the dark, woolen surfaces. |
| 17 | 826 | The sound of leather sandals and boots was softened, and subtly different now, on the damp stones. |
| 17 | 827 | There was the sound of a heavy, trundling wheel moving through a puddle. |