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| 9 | 420 | "How one as wise as you, as refined as you, and View more quotes about doubtless">doubtless as lovely as you, how one free in condition and noble in mien, could possibly be insulted by a slave?" "I do not understand," she said. |
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| 9 | 417 | "Do not think such a thing," he said, shuddering with disbelief that such a thought might have occurred to her. |
| 9 | 418 | "But there is one thing in this sad affair I do not understand". |
| 9 | 419 | "What is that?" she asked. |
| 9 | 420 | "How one as wise as you, as refined as you, and doubtless as lovely as you, how one free in condition and noble in mien, could possibly be insulted by a slave?" "I do not understand," she said. |
| 9 | 421 | "A slave, even were she so inclined, could not possibly insult one such as you," he said. |
| 9 | 422 | "Surely you might be stung by a gnat, but you could not be insulted by a gnat. |
| 9 | 423 | For an insult to take place there must be a commonality of levels, free to free, person to person, citizen to citizen, even slave to slave, even beast to beast, but levels cannot be crossed. |