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Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist

CHAPTER VII
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In accepting the property, you must consent to enjoy the services of the present possessor.

They cannot be disjoined.
Of the true nature and extent of the gift, you should be fully apprized.
Be aware, therefore, that, together with this property, you will receive absolute power over the liberty and person of the being who now possesses it.

That being must become your domestic slave; be governed, in every particular, by your caprice.
Happily for you, though fully invested with this power, the degree and mode in which it will be exercised will depend upon yourself.....

You may either totally forbear the exercise, or employ it only for the benefit of your slave.

However injurious, therefore, this authority may be to the subject of it, it will, in some sense, only enhance the value of the gift to you.
The attachment and obedience of this being will be chiefly evident in one thing.


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