| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 167 | The two View more quotes about girls">girls, in white garments, as I had come to understand, were dominant in the seraglio, rather in the nature of eunuchs, imposing order upon it and keeping its slaves in harmonious discipline. |
| 12 | 168 | Their word, imperiously delivered, with the confidence of unquestioned command, doubtless backed by the whips and scimitars of male guards outside, served as law to the inmates of Tarna's seraglio; when they spoke, men obeyed; when they spoke sharply, men feared; in the seraglio, backed by the power of Tarna's guards, these two beautiful women were dominant over the men; they, particularly the taller, dark-haired one, obviously despised the silken males in her charge; openly she held them, to their misery, in contempt. |
| 12 | 169 | We heard the outer gate of the seraglio, at the far end of the corridor, being pounded on. |
| 12 | 170 | "Hurry!" cried the girl. |
| 12 | 171 | "They are coming for you! Get out! Towel yourself!" I reached out and, from the bath, seized her right ankle. |
| 12 | 172 | The other girl, she who had laid out the red-silk tunic, the yellow beads, gasped. |
| 12 | 173 | I looked up at the tall girl. |