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| 23 | 149 | "You will not be," he said, "for you wish the View more quotes about best">best for our dear Kurik of Victoria". |
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| 23 | 146 | "Curiosity," I said, "is not becoming in a kajira". |
| 23 | 147 | "I fear so," he said. |
| 23 | 148 | "And if I should be reluctant?" I asked. |
| 23 | 149 | "You will not be," he said, "for you wish the best for our dear Kurik of Victoria". |
| 23 | 150 | "But, even so," I said. |
| 23 | 151 | "You will obey, of course," he said, "regardless, and, in your service, you will strive to be as diligent, efficient, and pleasing as possible, for you are not a free woman, but what you are, a fearful, collared beast, a slave". |
| 23 | 152 | "What," I asked, "if I should fail?" "Then," he said, "I will cut your throat". |