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| 26 | 1427 | He then View more quotes about laughed">laughed softly, harshly, even cruelly, mercilessly, in proprietorship, his eyes glistening and hard, and grasped the collar, possessively. |
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| 26 | 1424 | She told herself that she hated him, that she despised him, but she knew herself his, and, for some reason, her eyes were moist with tears. |
| 26 | 1425 | He touched the side of her collar with the fingertips of his right hand, a gesture which, to her surprise, seemed almost loving. |
| 26 | 1426 | But then it seemed he caught himself, as though in a moment of indiscretion. |
| 26 | 1427 | He then laughed softly, harshly, even cruelly, mercilessly, in proprietorship, his eyes glistening and hard, and grasped the collar, possessively. |
| 26 | 1428 | There was a look of satisfaction on his face then, and she suddenly understood, trembling, that he was a true owner of women, not the sort of man who freed slaves. |
| 26 | 1429 | And certainly he would not free her, not this young, lovely barbarian which was she. |
| 26 | 1430 | Indeed, given the genuine opportunity to own her, what rational man would consider freeing her? She realized then, it startling her, that on this world she was too valuable, too precious, too desirable, to be free. |