| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 18 | 773 | Some View more quotes about typical">typical petitionary formulas would be "I beg to speak," "I would speak," and "May I speak, Master?" The common understanding here is that the slave requires the master's permission to clothe herself and to speak. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 18 | 770 | "May I clothe myself, Master?" "You may". |
| 18 | 771 | "May I speak, Master?" "You may". |
| 18 | 772 | What Jane had in mind, of course, were the usual formulas by means of which a slave, denied speech, may request to speak. |
| 18 | 773 | Some typical petitionary formulas would be "I beg to speak," "I would speak," and "May I speak, Master?" The common understanding here is that the slave requires the master's permission to clothe herself and to speak. |
| 18 | 774 | She is, after all, a slave. |
| 18 | 775 | The master's permission is, actually, implicitly involved in many aspects of the slave's life. |
| 18 | 776 | To be sure, most of these permissions are standing permissions. |