QUOTE : He looked taken aback, but I didn’t care if I’d offended him. I was about to be sold. And if it amused this pampered son of a senator to tease a slave in her last moments of relative freedom, well, it didn’t amuse me. It angered me. “I did not think to offend you,” he said slowly. “Why would you even think of me at all?” I said. “What does it matter to you if you offend me or wound my pride? I’m a slave.