i am reading A Girl Threatened by Sexual Exploitation by Harriet Jacobs.

Question

Can someone please explain what this excerpt mean? " My master began to whisper foul words in my eat. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import. I tried to treat them with indifference or contempt".

I don't understand what she means by I could not remain ignorant of their import. I tried to treat them with indifference or contempt

Thank you

Answer 1

foul words in my EAR?

She really didn't understand what the individual words meant, but she got the idea that they were bad. She tried to ignore them, but couldn't.