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| 26 | 79 | The View more quotes about first">first girl was stern, but fair. |
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| 26 | 76 | My master, for I was not owned by the court, frequently occupied himself in the city, I think in the vicinity of the wharves, presumably waiting for, or searching for, the mysterious shipment that was supposed to arrive at Brundisium, claimedly deriving from a "steel world". |
| 26 | 77 | I had no idea what might be the contents of this shipment, or its importance, or what it might have to do with me, or with my first master, Kurik, of Victoria. |
| 26 | 78 | In the meantime I was kept busy in the court, cleaning, scrubbing, laundering, assisting in the kitchen, and serving at the common meals. |
| 26 | 79 | The first girl was stern, but fair. |
| 26 | 80 | She played no favorites. |
| 26 | 81 | That I was a barbarian did not adversely affect my treatment, as it might easily have done in many situations. |
| 26 | 82 | I was grateful to her. |