17/28 He would indeed! She should be his concubine. He would give command to flog her as often as he pleased. If she grew distasteful to him, he would give her to the lowest of his slaves, or he would command her to turn a handmill on his lands in Africa. He would seek her out now, and find her only to bend her, to trample on her, and conquer her. She might have had even compassion on him, but his extravagance exhausted her patience, and at last she inquired why he had come to her. |