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| 17 | 880 | View more quotes about surely">Surely not all girls invariably ask their masters for permission to speak, but such could, in theory, be required, and the failure to ask for such permission could be a cause for discipline. |
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| 17 | 877 | "Did you speak without permission?" he asked. |
| 17 | 878 | "Forgive me, Master!" said Ellen. |
| 17 | 879 | She supposed she should have asked permission to speak, but such things tend to be contextual. |
| 17 | 880 | Surely not all girls invariably ask their masters for permission to speak, but such could, in theory, be required, and the failure to ask for such permission could be a cause for discipline. |
| 17 | 881 | But habit, practice, and common sense tend to govern such matters. |
| 17 | 882 | On the girl's part, the knowledge that she should, in theory, ask permission to speak helps her to keep in mind that she is a slave. |
| 17 | 883 | Ellen knew of such things, of course, but she was, as we recall, rather new to her collar, and might thus be expected to occasionally forget such niceties, particularly inasmuch as they are not always observed. |