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| 18 | 396 | She can, of View more quotes about course">course, keep the door, ascertain the nature of callers, and, if given permission, open the door. |
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| 18 | 393 | They belong to the master. |
| 18 | 394 | Just as Ellen was not permitted, nor would be many slaves, to leave the domicile of the master without permission, so, too, she was not permitted, without express permission, to open the interior door of the apartments of Portus Canio, that leading to the interior stairwell, giving access to various bridges, and, eventually, at its foot, to the street. |
| 18 | 395 | One does not know who might be on the other side of the door. |
| 18 | 396 | She can, of course, keep the door, ascertain the nature of callers, and, if given permission, open the door. |
| 18 | 397 | We mention the matter of the interior door because, interestingly, usually in the evening, sometimes late at night, unidentified visitors, sometimes several of them, would arrive at the door, visitors who may not have, in their approach, availed themselves of the outside bridges. |
| 18 | 398 | Portus Canio, himself, would admit these visitors, but only, whether it were early evening or late at night, after he had hooded Ellen, back-braceleted her and chained her in her stall. |
| 18 | 399 | This puzzled Ellen because, normally, at least after her first few days in the stable, or cot, she was not even chained in her stall. |