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| 21 | 170 | Then the attendant was before View more quotes about ellen">Ellen. |
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| 21 | 167 | If a girl did not beg there was always the possibility that the attendant would simply return her, unbathed, filthy, smelling, to the coffle, at which point one would not wish to be that girl, for discipline would be swift and severe. |
| 21 | 168 | Commonly the interval between a girl's being displeasing in any way and suffering the consequences of her lapse is very short. |
| 21 | 169 | And it is far more terrifying when the interval is long, say, overnight, for that commonly signifies that the master is according some serious thought to the matter of her punishment. |
| 21 | 170 | Then the attendant was before Ellen. |
| 21 | 171 | "Do you beg to be permitted to bathe?" he asked. |
| 21 | 172 | "Yes, Master," said Ellen, looking up but keeping the palms of her hands on the ground. |
| 21 | 173 | "I beg to be permitted to bathe". |