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| 21 | 240 | They had wanted to be View more quotes about sold">sold to me—or, I supposed, to any man who would take them from the hated chain of Targo. |
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| 21 | 237 | Upon reflection it seemed clear to me that the chain must, in the end, be a lonely place for a girl, filled with life, knowing that her brand has destined her for love, that each of them must long for a man to care enough for them to buy them, that each must long to follow a man home to his compartments, wearing his collar and chains, where they will learn his strength and his heart and will be taught the delights of submission. |
| 21 | 238 | Better the arms of a master than the cold steel of the ankle ring. |
| 21 | 239 | When they had said to me, "Buy Me, Master," it had not been simply a ritual phrase. |
| 21 | 240 | They had wanted to be sold to me—or, I supposed, to any man who would take them from the hated chain of Targo. |
| 21 | 241 | Targo seemed relieved. |
| 21 | 242 | Clutching me by the elbow, he guided me back to the tree where the blond girl knelt chained. |
| 21 | 243 | As I looked at her I asked myself why she, and why not another, or why any? What would it matter if her thigh, too, should wear that graceful brand? I supposed it was mostly the institution of slavery I objected to, and that that institution was not altered if I should, as an act of foolish sentiment, free one girl. |