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| 18 | 37 | That was the judicious View more quotes about response">response, as a slave has no name in her own right, but may be named as the Master wishes. |
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| 18 | 34 | To be sure, the slave commonly refers to her owner as she refers to free men and free women in general, namely, simply as "Master" or "Mistress". |
| 18 | 35 | "What is your name?" had asked Portus Canio, some weeks ago, when Ellen, freed of the hood, had knelt, head to the floor, still chained by the neck, still back-braceleted, before him in the stall. |
| 18 | 36 | "Whatever Master pleases," she had replied. |
| 18 | 37 | That was the judicious response, as a slave has no name in her own right, but may be named as the Master wishes. |
| 18 | 38 | "What have you been called?" Portus Canio had inquired. |
| 18 | 39 | "'Ellen,'" she had responded. |
| 18 | 40 | "A barbarian name," he had said. |