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Naked she stood upon the auction block---
that way the girl slaves fetch a better price.
He won the high bid; paid; had her set free,
then clothed in robes (lightly scented with spice)
and stockings----this done with immediacy,
while others stood about, somewhat in shock;
surely a first for us, historically.
Clad, not like chattel now, she did not flee;
but left the market with him (and her arm
in his).  Her fine appearance and shy charm
bespoke a spiritual nobility
fit for that distant, bookish town where he
has taken her:  where scholars, poetry,
and beauty proved an aristocracy.