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| 16 | 52 | I had spared her one lashing, the View more quotes about first">first time, perhaps foolishly, but she had later, again, been displeasing, a lapse I saw no reason to accept a second time, and I had arranged that she would be better apprised of the fact that a slave is to strive to be pleasing, invariably so. |
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| 16 | 49 | I examined my slave, the paga girl, the slim, lovely brunette I had named Asperiche, from her island of origin, she purchased from the tavern in Brundisium. |
| 16 | 50 | She had been insufficiently deferential twice. |
| 16 | 51 | Masters do not accept such things. |
| 16 | 52 | I had spared her one lashing, the first time, perhaps foolishly, but she had later, again, been displeasing, a lapse I saw no reason to accept a second time, and I had arranged that she would be better apprised of the fact that a slave is to strive to be pleasing, invariably so. |
| 16 | 53 | She had apparently not been long in the collar. |
| 16 | 54 | I suppose that is why she had been less than pleasing in the first place, and, in the second place, naively thought to avert her discipline. |
| 16 | 55 | To be sure, many slaves strive to avert their discipline, even those who should know better. |