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| 33 | 7 | To be View more quotes about sure">sure, most slaves have a standing permission to speak, particularly when alone with their masters, but it is always clear to them that this standing permission is a permission, and that it may be revoked at the master's pleasure. |
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| 33 | 4 | They did not fear that we might be heard, in such a way that their presence might be detected. |
| 33 | 5 | Rather, this was now a convenience for the mistresses, who did not wish to hear the discourse of slaves. |
| 33 | 6 | Would herdsmen, or drovers, care to hear the discourse of kaiila? Slaves, of course, save in critical situations, as in emergencies, may not speak without permission. |
| 33 | 7 | To be sure, most slaves have a standing permission to speak, particularly when alone with their masters, but it is always clear to them that this standing permission is a permission, and that it may be revoked at the master's pleasure. |
| 33 | 8 | Slaves, of course, as other women, love to speak, and suffer when not permitted to do so. |
| 33 | 9 | They are denied one of the loveliest and most precious of their pleasures, and gifts. |
| 33 | 10 | It is a torment to a slave to not be permitted to speak. |