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| 24 | 744 | I View more quotes about seemed">seemed to recall the number, and, accordingly, as is my wont in such instances, checked my records, which I have with me". |
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| 24 | 741 | "You danced well". |
| 24 | 742 | "Thank you, Master," whispered Ellen, frightened. |
| 24 | 743 | "But I thought it strange," said the scribe, "when I heard your number called in the camp, summoning you to a dancing circle, and, indeed, one so high as the ba-ta circle. |
| 24 | 744 | I seemed to recall the number, and, accordingly, as is my wont in such instances, checked my records, which I have with me". |
| 24 | 745 | Ellen was silent, lying in the sand, the feet of the men about her. |
| 24 | 746 | "According to my records," said the scribe, looming over her, tall in his blue robes, she could see but the hem of his robe and his sandals, "you responded negatively when queried as to your ability to dance. |
| 24 | 747 | Perhaps my records are in error?" I think we may grant, even within this narrative, despite the possible risk of a seeming impropriety, hopefully not one punishable, that Ellen had at least average, or reasonable, intelligence. |