| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 3 | 331 | View more quotes about pertinax">Pertinax made as though to rise, but I motioned him to remain as he was, and he, with a glance at Constantina, a glance almost apologetic, resumed his position. |
| 3 | 332 | "Cecily," I said. |
| 3 | 333 | She rose, and went to the side. |
| 3 | 334 | In a moment she had removed the lid from the vessel, set it aside, and half-filled two goblets. |
| 3 | 335 | One she placed where Constantina might reach it, and the other she brought to my place, holding it, and knelt there. |
| 3 | 336 | She lifted her eyes to me, to see if the serving ritual might begin, but my eyes cautioned her to wait. |
| 3 | 337 | I glanced back at Constantina, where she knelt, seething with rage, with humiliation. |