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| 6 | 308 | I saw a flash of View more quotes about silk">silk and a lithe, collared beauty, bearing a goblet, moved past the opening of the alcove, and, having approached one of the tables, knelt before it, and, her head down between her extended arms, proffered the goblet to a fellow sitting cross-legged at the table, who took the cup, scarcely noticing her, and continued his conversation with two other fellows, similarly seated. |
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| 6 | 305 | Paga girls, I knew, could be ordered to such an alcove. |
| 6 | 306 | How much they were at the mercy of free men, but are not all slaves at the mercy of the free? The curtain was open. |
| 6 | 307 | I could see men and tables outside. |
| 6 | 308 | I saw a flash of silk and a lithe, collared beauty, bearing a goblet, moved past the opening of the alcove, and, having approached one of the tables, knelt before it, and, her head down between her extended arms, proffered the goblet to a fellow sitting cross-legged at the table, who took the cup, scarcely noticing her, and continued his conversation with two other fellows, similarly seated. |
| 6 | 309 | She then withdrew, gracefully, rising and backing away. |
| 6 | 310 | The flute was still playing. |
| 6 | 311 | The fellow in the alcove had not moved. |