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| 24 | 381 | It was not only that the View more quotes about sound">sound was unexpected, and sharp, but that its significance carried a special meaning for such as she, a slave. |
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| 24 | 378 | The other girl had scarcely begun to dance. |
| 24 | 379 | Then there was, from outside on the sand, the sudden sound of a snapping whip. |
| 24 | 380 | Ellen started. |
| 24 | 381 | It was not only that the sound was unexpected, and sharp, but that its significance carried a special meaning for such as she, a slave. |
| 24 | 382 | Outside there was some hooting, some angry cries of men. |
| 24 | 383 | Then, only a moment or two later, she heard the whip again, twice, and this time cries of pain, doubtless from the exhibited dancer. |
| 24 | 384 | In a moment, clutching her silk about her, it parted by the whip, crying, the chastised dancer fled within the preparation enclosure. |