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Then they raised their head, and they spoke simply and gently, as if they wished us to forget some anxiety of their own. "The day is hot," they said, "and you have worked for many hours and you must be weary." THEN THEY RAISED THEIR HEAD AND THEY SPOKE SIMPLY AND GENTLY AS IF THEY WISHED US TO FORGET SOME ANXIETY OF THEIR OWN THE DAY IS HOT THEY SAID AND YOU HAVE WORKED FOR MANY HOURS AND YOU MUST BE WEARY
s our name?” they asked. “The Golden One.” “Nor do we call you Equality 7-2521 when we think of you.” “What name have you given us?” They looked straight into our eyes and they held their head high and they answered: “The Unconquered.” For a long time we could not speak. Then we said: “Such thoughts as these are forbidden, Golden One.” “But you think such thoughts as these and you wish us to think them.” We looked into their eyes and we could not lie. “Yes,” we whispered, and they smiled, and then we said: “Our dearest one, do not obey us.” They stepped back, and their eyes were wide and still. “Speak these words again,” they whispered. “Which words?” we asked. But they did not answer, and we knew it. “Our dearest one,” we whispered. Never have men said this to women. The head of the Golden One bowed slowly, and they stood still before us, their arms at their sides, the palms of their hands turned to us, as if their body were delivered in submission to our eyes. And we could not speak. AME IN OUR THOUGHTS LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND WHAT IS OUR NAME THEY ASKED THE GOLDEN ONE NOR DO WE CALL YOU EQUALITY SEVEN TO FIVE TO ONE WHEN WE THINK OF YOU WHAT NAME HAVE YOU GIVEN US THEY LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO OUR EYES AND THEY HELD THEIR HEAD HIGH AND THEY ANSWERED THE UNCONQUERED FOR A LONG TIME WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN WE SAID SUCH THOUGHTS ARE FORBIDDEN GOLDEN ONE BUT YOU THINK SUCH THOUGHTS AS THESE AND YOU WISH US TO THINK THEM WE LOOKED INTO THEIR EYES AND WE COULD NOT LIE YES WE WHISPERED AND THEY SMILED AND THEN WE SAID OUR DEAREST ONE DO NOT OBEY US THEY STEPPED BACK AND THEIR EYES WERE WIDE AND STILL SPEAK THOSE WORDS AGAIN THEY WHISPERED WHICH WORDS WE ASKED BUT THEY DID NOT ANSWER AND WE KNEW IT OUR DEAREST ONE WE WHISPERED NEVER HAVE MEN SAID THIS TO WOMEN THE HEAD OF THE GOLDEN ONE BOWED SLOWLY AND THEY STOOD STILL BEFORE US THEIR ARMS AT THEIR SIDES THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS TURNED TO US AS IF THEIR BODY WERE DELIVERED IN SUBMISSION TO OUR EYES AND WE COULD NOT SPEAK
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