MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Fri Aug 23 05:36:49 CDT 2002


> 698-9 The scene itself, "unavoidable in the Street", is presented. The
> slave-driver has not sold all his slaves, is swearing at them, blames them
> for his ill fortune, and strikes at them six times with his whip as he
> rants.

     ... [T]he Slave Driver ... is screaming ... and Striking ev'rywhere
    with the Whip. " ... *fuck'd* ... *fuck'd* ... *fuck'd* .... *Now* ...
    *plus* ... *plus* .... "

> While Chas cringes Jere intervenes, seizes the whip, punches the
> slave-driver hard in the nose as the man tries to take it back from him.
> Dixon then lashes the cowering slave-drive with his own whip eight times
> while he berates him.

     ... Dixon follows, raising the Whip. "Turn around, I'll guess *you've*
    never felt this ... *you* ... *you* ... *you* ... *you* ... *you* ...
    *you'll* ... *you* .... "

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