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. . .to this city. . .
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. . .and this house.
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You've not often been here.
What do you remember of it?
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My father sometimes brought me here. . .
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. . .when I was little.
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It was a house
where I was always happy.
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Except once.
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When you and your friend,
the Roman boy--
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-Messala.
-Yes.
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You had been out hunting. . .
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. . .and they brought you home injured.
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I touched your face
as you lay there. . .
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. . .and prayed to God,
"Don't let this boy die. "
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I can hear how you said it.
Gently, as you say it now.
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Yes, master.
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Master?
Why, I've given you your freedom.
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It's strange. I hardly felt a slave.
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And now. . .
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. . .I hardly feel free.
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You know, in the old, wise days
of Solomon. . .
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. . .if there was among his slaves. . .
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. . .some girl who filled his eyes. . .
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. . .he could choose her out
from the rest. . .
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. . .and take her to him.
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Wise days of Solomon.
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Different days.
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And long ago.
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If you were not a bride. . .