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| 7 | 112 | For View more quotes about example">example, one may not wish her to risk soiling the hem of her rich robes, or the brocade of her slippers. |
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| 7 | 109 | She was over my left shoulder, her head to the rear. |
| 7 | 110 | A slave is not likely to be accorded the dignities appropriate to a free woman. |
| 7 | 111 | The free woman is to be carried, if carried at all, gently, respectfully, nestled in one's arms. |
| 7 | 112 | For example, one may not wish her to risk soiling the hem of her rich robes, or the brocade of her slippers. |
| 7 | 113 | Sometimes a free woman will wait, before, say, a rivulet or puddle, even a small one, to be carried to safety by some lucky fellow. |
| 7 | 114 | The manner of carrying the slave is usually quite different. |
| 7 | 115 | She is carried as property, as though she might be no more than produce, and her head is to the rear so that, even were she not hooded, she cannot see where she is being carried. |