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| 24 | 43 | View more quotes about perhaps">Perhaps I was pleased too obviously, to the irritation of my master. |
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| 24 | 40 | This appraisal much pleased me. |
| 24 | 41 | I basked in the favor of a free man. |
| 24 | 42 | The fellow obviously had taste, excellent taste in women, I thought, and I trusted my master was impressed with this independent evaluation. |
| 24 | 43 | Perhaps I was pleased too obviously, to the irritation of my master. |
| 24 | 44 | But we like to be admired and praised. |
| 24 | 45 | We are women. |
| 24 | 46 | What woman is not pleased to know she is of interest to men? What woman is not pleased to realize, even shyly, that her beauty may have unsettled a fellow, even dazzled or astonished him, bewildered him, or awed him? Are we supposed to be upset that a fellow may turn about, perhaps disbelievingly, perhaps startled, to see more of us; perhaps we are to him, somehow, in our tunic and collar, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen? That our slave fascinations and vulnerabilities might have an effect on a male is nothing that we are likely to find objectionable. |