"But it does seem to me," she said, "that you might share in such chores."
"I am the commander of a Thousand," I said.
"What difference does that make?" she asked.
"It makes a great deal of difference!" I shouted.
"You needn't shout," she said.
My eye glanced at the slave chains under the slave ring.
"Of course," said Elizabeth, "we could regard it as a division of labor of sorts."
"Good," I said.
"On the other hand," she mused, "you might rent a slave for such work."
"All right," I said, looking at her. "I will rent a slave."
"But you can't trust slaves," said Elizabeth.
With a cry of rage I nearly spilled my wine.
"You nearly spilled your wine," said Elizabeth.
The institution of freedom for women, I decided, as many Goreans believed, was a mistake.
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