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| 25 | 603 | To the View more quotes about right">right of the block, at the foot of wide, low, rounded steps, the kneeling slaves, chained, jammed together, huddled together, exchanged sudden startled, fearful, glances. |
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| 25 | 600 | "Sirs!" she called. |
| 25 | 601 | "Kind sirs!" She would then, it seemed, dare to address the crowd! The auctioneer, somewhere on the surface of the block, was suddenly silent, doubtless taken aback, perhaps momentarily not even comprehending. |
| 25 | 602 | Surely he would have been taken unawares. |
| 25 | 603 | To the right of the block, at the foot of wide, low, rounded steps, the kneeling slaves, chained, jammed together, huddled together, exchanged sudden startled, fearful, glances. |
| 25 | 604 | Surely the slave on the block had not received permission to speak! The crowd was suddenly quiet, alert, and this seemed even more fearful. |
| 25 | 605 | Ellen moaned softly. |
| 25 | 606 | It suddenly occurred to her that the life of the woman on the block might be in danger. |