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| 22 | 323 | She as View more quotes about slave">slave must obey. |
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| 22 | 320 | Ellen's hands, before her, were braceleted about one of the upright bars, on the side of the cage which faced the general concourse, along which, on each side, the cages were lined. |
| 22 | 321 | This was far better, thought Ellen, than the cruel, cement shelf, boiling in the sunlight, on which Targo had exhibited her, a shelf to which buyers were free to ascend and handle the merchandise, and were even encouraged to do so. |
| 22 | 322 | To be sure, she could be commanded by observers to smile, to shake out her hair, to lift her head, to exhibit certain attitudes, and perform in various ways, at the bar. |
| 22 | 323 | She as slave must obey. |
| 22 | 324 | And so many times, in the afternoon, had she been forced to kiss the bar, to cling to it, to caress it, to kneel before it, head down, and such. |
| 22 | 325 | "What is your lot number, slut?" would call a man, and she would call back to him, "117, Master". |
| 22 | 326 | There were doubtless several hundred slaves in the camp, more even than had been in her coffle on the long trek toward Brundisium. |