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| 41 | 215 | View more quotes about doubtless">Doubtless there are thousands of ways in which a woman may call herself to the attention of a man, even if one is an exalted free woman. |
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| 41 | 212 | Had I been a free woman it would have been easy enough to call myself to their attention. |
| 41 | 213 | Might not the hem of a robe brush a foot? One might even loosen a sandal strap, and request its adjustment, that one need not bend down or go to one's knee in public, unthinkable for a free woman. |
| 41 | 214 | One might even, in seeming to stumble, kick dirt upon one in passing, an accident pertaining to which a free woman might legitimately express regret, or even, less pleasantly, trip against them, and then execrate them for being in one's way, or such. |
| 41 | 215 | Doubtless there are thousands of ways in which a woman may call herself to the attention of a man, even if one is an exalted free woman. |
| 41 | 216 | After all, beneath all their veils and robes, they, too, are women. |
| 41 | 217 | To be sure, few of these subtle stratagems, so to speak, would be at my disposal. |
| 41 | 218 | For example, the hem of my tunic was high on my thighs, and I was barefoot. |