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| 9 | 204 | View more quotes about whereas">Whereas a slave might prefer to be naked before her master, that she might know herself the more his slave, almost any slave wishes to be clothed in public. |
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| 9 | 201 | It is said that a free woman might perish of shame if placed in a slave tunic, but, to a slave, such a garment, which she knows need not be accorded to her, may be a treasure, more precious to her than some assemblage of robes and veils to a free woman. |
| 9 | 202 | Indeed, amongst slaves a tunic, in its way, constitutes a symbol of status. |
| 9 | 203 | Certainly tunicked slaves commonly look down upon naked slaves. |
| 9 | 204 | Whereas a slave might prefer to be naked before her master, that she might know herself the more his slave, almost any slave wishes to be clothed in public. |
| 9 | 205 | To be sent naked about one's errands, one's shopping and such, is usually regarded as an instruction, if the slave is new, or, if she is not, as a sign that she is out of favor with her master, perhaps having failed to be fully pleasing in some way. |
| 9 | 206 | In many ways may a slave be praised or rewarded, punished or disciplined. |
| 9 | 207 | Among these ways clothing or its lack, as the nature of bonds, food, quarters, and such, may figure. |