"And it came to Marcus suddenly that slaves very seldom whistled. They might sing, if they felt like it or if the rhythm helped their work, but whistling was in some way different; it took a free man to make the sort of noise Esca was making."

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Source : Rosemary Sutcliff (2011). “The Eagle of the Ninth”, p.479, Oxford University Press - Children

Rosemary Sutcliff

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