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| 18 | 20 | View more quotes about perhaps">Perhaps that made a difference. |
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| 18 | 17 | There was doubtless a call of blood to blood. |
| 18 | 18 | Had she been a slave, or, perhaps, even fully human, Cabot might have taken her in hand, and provided himself with the joy of her. |
| 18 | 19 | She was, of course, a free woman. |
| 18 | 20 | Perhaps that made a difference. |
| 18 | 21 | He did not, in short, in the end, put her to his pleasure, either abruptly or violently, or with patience and leisure, as is sometimes done with a slave, as she writhes and gasps, and begs piteously in her ropes or chains that he not desist in his attentions. |
| 18 | 22 | To be sure, she would be at his mercy, and he would do as he pleases, for she is only a slave. |
| 18 | 23 | But he did draw her to him, as he was human, and, holding her head so she could not move or escape, he placed his lips upon hers. |