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| 21 | 200 | How wonderful, View more quotes about thought">thought Ellen, is the chance upon occasion to do something even as simple as washing one's body! How few people realize how precious so seemingly common and familiar an act can be at times! How grateful the slaves were for this opportunity to bathe! The rope on Ellen's ankle, as she had slipped into the water, first floated, and then was drawn under, she and her companions entering the pool. |
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| 21 | 197 | Ellen, the rope on her ankle, went with them, she, too, eager, to the edge of the wall, and, with them, first sitting on the edge of the wall, rather at the level of the ground, in her turn, slipped into the water. |
| 21 | 198 | It was cold. |
| 21 | 199 | It had been days since they had bathed, and they rejoiced in the opportunity to cleanse themselves of the filth and soilings of the march. |
| 21 | 200 | How wonderful, thought Ellen, is the chance upon occasion to do something even as simple as washing one's body! How few people realize how precious so seemingly common and familiar an act can be at times! How grateful the slaves were for this opportunity to bathe! The rope on Ellen's ankle, as she had slipped into the water, first floated, and then was drawn under, she and her companions entering the pool. |
| 21 | 201 | Then, the rope was held under the water as the slaves stood about in the water, rinsing, laughing and splashing about. |
| 21 | 202 | But the rope, of course, held them together, even though it could not be seen. |
| 21 | 203 | Ellen was grateful to the masters for the chance to bathe, to wash away the misery and grime of the march, but she realized that the motivation underlying the provision of this welcome opportunity was surely unlikely to be simply that of generous impulse. |