A NIGHT IN A

MOORISH HAREM
The Erotica Biblion Society
London and New York
PREA!E
Lord Geor"e Herbert i# $ni%er#ally acknowled"ed to be the hand#o&e#t &an in the En"li#h
nobility' Hi# (or& i# tall and &$#c$lar) b$t o( a *er(ect #y&&etry' Hi# (eat$re# are hand#o&e
b$t &anly and o( a r$ddy bron+e colo$r ac,$ired at #ea' Hi# #hort and c$rly brown hair #hade#
a broad and white (orehead beneath which #*arkle lar"e ha+el eye#' He wear# a hea%y beard
and &o$#tache) b$t they are not able to conceal hi# hand#o&e &o$th' Hi# co$ra"e and talent#
to"ether with the *ower($l in(l$ence o( hi# (a&ily ha%e *roc$red (or hi&) at the early a"e o(
twenty-three) the co&&and o( one o( the (ine#t #hi*# in the En"li#h na%y' The (ollowin"
#tran"e b$t tr$e narrati%e i# (ro& hi# *en and it &ay be i&a"ined that he did not intend to
ha%e it co*ied' B$t he le(t it in *o##e##ion o( a (air and (rail lady who tho$"ht it too "ood to be
ke*t #ecret) and #o the reader ha# the bene(it o( it'
!HAPTER ONE
AB.ALLAH PASHA/S SERAGLIO
Her Briti#h Ma0e#ty/# Shi* Antler) o( which I wa# in co&&and) lay becal&ed one a(ternoon
o(( the coa#t o( Morocco' I did not allow the #tea& to be rai#ed (or I knew the e%enin" bree+e
wo$ld #oon &ake toward the land' Retirin" to &y cabin I threw &y#el( $*on the #o(a' I co$ld
not #lee* (or &y tho$"ht# ke*t wanderin" back to &e bea$ti($l wo&en o( London and the
(a%o$r# which #o&e o( the& had "ranted &e when la#t on #hore' Month# had ela*#ed #ince
then and &onth# &ore wo$ld ela*#e be(ore I co$ld a"ain ho*e to ,$ench) in the la* o( bea$ty)
the hot de#ire which now co$r#ed thro$"h &y %ein# and di#tended &y "enital#' To di%ert &y
&ind (ro& tho$"ht# at *re#ent #o i&*erati%e I re#ol%ed to take a bath' Beneath the #tern
window# which li"hted &y cabin lay a boat) into which I "ot by #lidin" down a ro*e which
held it to the #hi*' Then I $ndre##ed and *l$n"ed into the cool wa%e#' A(ter bathin" I
redre##ed) and) reclinin" in the boat) (ell a#lee*' 1hen I awoke it wa# dark and I wa# (loatin"
alon" near the #hore' The #hi* wa# &ile# away' The ro*e which held the boat &$#t ha%e
#li**ed when the bree+e #*ran" $*) and the *eo*le on the #hi* bein" b$#y "ettin" $nderway
had not noticed &e' I had no oar# and dared not $#e the #ail# (or (ear the Moori#h %e##el# in
#i"ht wo$ld di#co%er &e' I dri(ted toward# a lar"e b$ildin" which wa# the only one to be #een2
it ro#e (ro& the rock# near the water/# ed"e' The a**roach to the *lace on which it #tood
#ee&ed to be (ro& the land #ide) and all the window# which I co$ld #ee were hi"h abo%e the
"ro$nd' The keel o( &y boat #oon "rated on the #and and I ha#tened to *$ll it a&on" the rock#
(or conceal&ent) (or it wa# ,$ite *o##ible I &i"ht be #ei+ed i( di#co%ered and #old into
#la%ery' My *lan wa# to wait (or the land bree+e 0$#t be(ore dawn and e#ca*e to #ea' At thi#
&o&ent I heard a whi#*ered call (ro& abo%e' I looked $* and #aw two ladie# lookin" down
on &e (ro& the hi"h window# abo%e) and behind the#e two were "athered #e%eral other#
who& I co$ld 0$#t #ee in the "loo&' /1e ha%e been watchin" yo$)3 #aid the lady) 4and will try
to a##i#t yo$' 1ait where yo$ are'/ She #*oke in rench) which i# the co&&on &edi$& o(
co&&$nication a&on" the di((erent nation# inhabitin" the #hore# o( the Mediterranean) and
which had beco&e (a&iliar to &e' I now tho$"ht thi# i#olated b$ildin" wa# a #era"lio and I
re#ol%ed to tr$#t the ladie#) who wo$ld r$n e%en &ore ri#k than &y#el( in ca#e o( di#co%ery'
A(ter waitin" #o&e ti&e) a ro*e o( #hawl# wa# let down (ro& the window and the #a&e %oice
bid &e cli&b' My di#ci*line when a &id#hi*&an &ade thi# ea#y (or &e to do2 I ro#e hand
o%er hand and #a(ely reached the window thro$"h which I wa# a##i#ted by the ladie# into the
*er($&ed air o( an ele"ant a*art&ent richly ($rni#hed and ele"antly li"hted' My (ir#t d$ty wa#
to ki## the (air hand# which had aided &e) and then I e5*lained the accident which had
bro$"ht &e a&on" the& and the *lan I had (or&ed (or e#ca*e be(ore dawn' I then "a%e &y
na&e and rank' 1hile doin" thi# I had an o**ort$nity to ob#er%e the ladie#2 there were nine o(
the& and any one o( the& wo$ld ha%e been re&arked (or her bea$ty' Each one o( the&
di((ered (ro& all the other# in the #tyle o( her char&#6 #o&e were lar"e and #o&e were #&all2
#o&e were #lender and #o&e *l$&*) #o&e blonde and #o&e br$nette) b$t all were
bewitchin"ly bea$ti($l' Each) too) wa# the &o#t lo%ely ty*e o( a di((erent nationality) (or war
and #hi*wreck# and *iracy enable the Moori#h Pa#ha# to choo#e their darlin"# (ro& $nder all
the (la"# that (loat on the Mediterranean'
A lady who& they called Ine+ and who&) there(ore) I took to be a S*aniard) an#wered &e
by biddin" &e in the na&e o( all o( the& the war&e#t welco&e' /Yo$ are)3 #he #aid) 4in the
#era"lio o( Abdallah) the Pa#ha o( thi# di#trict) who i# not e5*ected $ntil to&orrow) and who
will ne%er be the wi#er i( hi# ladie# #ei+e #o rare an o**ort$nity to entertain a "entle&an
d$rin" hi# ab#ence'3 She added) 41e ha%e no #ecret# or 0ealo$#y between o$r#el%e#)3 #&ilin"
%ery #i"ni(icantly' /That i# %ery $n$#$al)3 #aid I' 4How can any o( yo$ know whether he ha#
any #ecret# with the one he ha**en# to be alone with7/ /B$t one o( $# i# ne%er alone with hi&)3
#aid Ine+' The blank look o( con#ternation I had #et the& all la$"hin"' They were bri&($l o(
&i#chie( and were e%idently bent on &akin" the &o#t o( the $ne5*ected co&*any o( a yo$n"
&an' Ine+ *$t her hand on &y #lee%e' 4How wet yo$ are)3 #aid #he' 4It will not be ho#*itable
to allow yo$ to kee* on #$ch wet clothe#'/ My clothe# were *er(ectly dry) b$t the wink# and
#&ile# that the yo$n" ladie# e5chan"ed a# they be"an to di#robe &e led &e cheer($lly to
#$b&it while they *roceeded to di%e#t &e o( e%ery article o( clothin"' 1hen at len"th &y #hirt
wa# #$ddenly 0erked o(( they "a%e little a((ected #crea&# and *ee*ed thro$"h their (in"er# at
&y #ha(t2 which by thi# ti&e wa# o( &o#t towerin" di&en#ion#' I had #natched a hearty ki##
(ro& one and all o( the& a# they had "athered ro$nd to $ndre## &e' Ine+ now handed &e a
#car( which #he had taken (ro& her own (air #ho$lder#' 41e can none o( $# bear to lea%e yo$)3
#he #aid) 4b$t yo$ can only ki## one at a ti&e2 *lea#e throw thi# to the lady yo$ *re(er'/
Good hea%en#8 Then it wa# tr$e) that all o( the#e bea$ti($l wo&en had been acc$#to&ed to
be *re#ent when one o( the& wa# e&braced' /Ladie#)3 #aid I) 4yo$ are $n(air' Yo$ ha%e
#tri**ed &e) b$t yo$ kee* tho#e char&# concealed which yo$ o((er to &y *re(erence' I a& not
#$re now i( yo$ ha%e any i&*er(ection# which yo$ wi#h to kee* co%ered'/ The ladie# looked at
one another) bl$#hed a little) then nodded and la$"hed) then be"an $ndre##in"' 9el%et %e#t#)
#kirt# o( lawn and #ilken tro$#er# were ra*idly (l$n" to the (loor' La#tly) a# i( at a "i%en #i"nal)
e%ery dainty che&i#e wa# #tri**ed o(( and #o&e o( the &o#t lo%ely (or&# that e%er (loated
thro$"h a #c$l*tor/# drea& #tood naked be(ore &e' 1a# I not &y#el( drea&in") or had I in
tr$th been #$ddenly tran#*orted a&id the ho$#e# o( the #e%enth hea%en7 or a while I #tood
entranced) "a+in" at the char&in" #*ectacle' 4Ladie#)3 #aid I at la#t) 4it wo$ld be i&&ode#t in
&e to "i%e *re(erence when all are #o ra%i#hin"ly lo%ely' Plea#e kee* the #car() (air Ine+) and
when I ha%e *aid a trib$te to yo$r (air char&#) *a## it yo$r#el( to another) till all ha%e been
"rati(ied'/ /.id he #ay all73 cried a little br$nette' /All indeed83 cried the re#t in chor$#)
b$r#tin" into la$"hter' /E%ery one)3 #aid I) 4or I will *eri#h in the atte&*t'/ Ine+ wa# #tandin"
directly in (ront o( &e2 #he wa# abo$t nineteen) and o( that rare#t ty*e o( S*ani#h bea$ty)
*artly deri%ed (ro& le&i#h blood' Her eye# were #*arklin" brown) b$t her lon" hair wa#
blonde' It wa# braided and coiled ro$nd the to* o( her head like a crown which added to her
,$eenly a**earance) (or #he wa# abo%e the ordinary #tat$re2 her *l$&* and well-ro$nded (or&
har&oni#ed with her hei"ht' Her co&*le5ion had the #li"ht yellow tin"e o( rich crea&) which
wa# #et o(( by the ro#y ni**le# which ti**ed her ($ll brea#t# and the #till dee*er ro#e o( her
li*# and &o$th' She ha**ened to be #tandin" on one o( the #ilken c$#hion# which) #in"ly and
in *ile#) were #cattered abo$t the roo& in *ro($#ion' It &ade her hei"ht 0$#t e,$al to &y own'
A# #oon a# I had &ade the #*eech la#t recorded) I ad%anced and (olded her in &y e&brace'
Her #o(t ar&# were wo$nd ro$nd &e in re#*on#e2 and o$r li*# &et in a delicio$# and
*rolon"ed ki##) d$rin" which &y #ha(t wa# i&*ri#oned a"ain#t her war&) #&ooth belly' Then
#he rai#ed her#el( on ti*toe) which bro$"ht it# cre#t a&id the #hort) thick hair where the belly
ter&inated' 1ith one hand I "$ided &y #ha(t to the entrance which welco&ed it2 with &y
other I held her *l$&* b$ttock# toward &e' Then #he "rad$ally #ettled on her (eet a"ain) and)
a# #he did #o) the entrance wa# #lowly and deli"ht($lly e((ected in her &oi#t) hot and #wollen
#heath' 1hen #he wa# (inally on her (eet a"ain I co$ld (eel her throbbin" wo&b re#tin" on &y
#ha(t' The other ladie# had "athered ro$nd $#2 their ki##e# rained on &y neck and #ho$lder#)
and the *re#ence o( their bo#o&# and bellie# wa# a"ain#t &y back and #ide#:indeed they #o
co&*letely #$#tained Ine+ and &y#el( that I #ee&ed abo$t to &in"le &y bein" with the& all at
once' I had #tirred the wo&b o( Ine+ with b$t a (ew thr$#t#:when the ro#y cheek# beca&e a
dee*er dye) her eye# #wa&) her li*# *arted and I (elt a delicio$# ba*ti#& o( &oi#t$re on &y
#ha(t' Then her head #ank on &y #ho$lder) the "athered #*er& o( &onth# "$#hed (ro& &y
cre#t #o *ro($#ely that I #ee&ed co&*letely tran#(erred with wa%e# o( ra*t$re into the
bea$ti($l S*ani#h "irl' Her #i"h# o( *lea#$re were not only echoed by &y own) b$t by tho#e o(
all the ladie# "athered aro$nd $# in #y&*athy' They "ently lowered $# (ro& thi# #$#tainin"
e&brace to a *ile o( c$#hion#' A# they did #o) with hardly any aid on o$r *art) &y di&ini#hed
#ha(t wa# drawn o$t o( Ine+ and) with it) #o&e o( &y trib$tary #*er&) which #*la#hed on the
(loor'
/It wa# too bad o( yo$) Ine+) to take &ore than yo$ can kee*)3 #aid one o( the other#' She
#aid it in #$ch a *iti($l tone it con%$l#ed $# all with la$"hter' A# (or &e) I now reali#ed the
ra#hne## o( the *ro&i#e I had &ade the& all) b$t they "aily 0oined hand# ro$nd Ine+ and
&y#el( and be"an a circlin" dance) their ro$nd) white li&b# and *l$&* bo#o&# (loatin" in the
la&*li"ht a# they &o%ed in cadence to a Moori#h lo%e #on") in which they all 0oined' 1ith
&y cheek# *illowed a"ain#t the ($ll brea#t# o( Ine+) I watched the char&in" circle) which wa#
like a #cene in (airy land' Bracelet# and anklet# o( hea%y (ettered "old "littered on their ar&#
and le"#2 rin"#) necklace# and earrin"# o( dia&ond# and r$bie#) which they had in *ro($#ion)
"li#tened at e%ery &o%e&ent' Each one had her hair elaborately dre##ed in the #tyle *ec$liarly
beco&in" to her#el( and there were no en%io$# "ar&ent# to conceal a #in"le char&' I $r"ed
the& to *rolon" the bewitchin" #*ectacle a"ain and a"ain) which they obli"in"ly did' Then
they "athered aro$nd &e) reclinin" to re#t on the c$#hion# a# near a# they co$ld "et) in
attit$de# which were *ict$re#,$e and %ol$*t$o$#' 1hen we were th$# re#tin" I (re,$ently
e5chan"ed a ki## or care## with &y (air co&*anion#) which I took care to do i&*artially' Then
it occ$rred to &e that I wo$ld like to hear (ro& the li*# o( each the &o#t intere#tin" and
%ol$*t$o$# *a##a"e (ro& their li%e#' A"ain the#e intere#tin" ladie#) a(ter a little $r"in")
con#ented) and Ine+ co&&enced'
!HAPTER T1O
THE SPANISH LA.Y/S STORY
1e li%ed in Se%ille' 1hen I attained the a"e o( #i5teen &y *arent# *ro&i#ed &e in
&arria"e to a wealthy "entle&an) who& I had #een b$t twice and did not ad&ire' My lo%e
wa# already "i%en to !arlo#) a hand#o&e yo$n" o((icer who had 0$#t been *ro&oted to a
lie$tenant (or bra%ery' He wa# ele"antly (or&ed) hi# hair and eye# were a# dark a# ni"ht and
he co$ld dance to *er(ection' B$t it wa# (or hi# "entle) winnin" #&ile that I lo%ed hi&' On the
e%enin" o( the day that &y *arent# had anno$nced their deter&ination to &e) I had "one to be
alone in the oran"e "ro%e in the (arthe#t *art o( o$r "arden) there to #orrow o%er &y hard (ate'
In the &id#t o( &y "rie( I heard the %oice o( !arlo# callin" &e' !o$ld it be he who had been
bani#hed (ro& the ho$#e and who& I ne%er e5*ected to #ee a"ain7 He #*ran" down (ro& the
"arden wall) (olded &e in hi# e&brace and co%ered &y hair with ki##e# (or I had hidden &y
bl$#hin" (ace on &y bo#o&' Then we talked o( o$r #ad lot' !arlo# wa# *oor and it wo$ld be
i&*o##ible to &arry witho$t the con#ent o( &y *arent#2 we co$ld only &in"le o$r tear# and
re"ret#' He led &e to a "ra##y bank concealed by the oran"e tree# and ro#e b$#he#) then he
drew &e on hi# la* and ki##ed &y li*# and cheek# and eye#' I did not chide hi&) (or it &$#t be
o$r la#t &eetin") b$t I did not ret$rn hi# ki##e# with *a##ion' I had ne%er (elt a wanton de#ire
in &y li(e) &$ch le## not when I wa# #o #ad' Hi# *a##ionate ki##e# were no lon"er con(ined to
&y (ace b$t were #howered on &y neck) and at len"th &y dre## wa# *arted and re%ealed &y
little brea#t# to hi# ardent li*#' I (elt #tartled and &ade an atte&*t to #to* hi& in what
con#idered an i&*ro*riety) b$t he did not #to* there' I (elt &y #kirt# bein" rai#ed with a
&in"led #en#ation o( alar& and #ha&e which ca$#ed &e to try to *re%ent it) b$t it wa#
i&*o##ible:I lo%ed hi& too &$ch to #tr$""le a"ain#t hi& and he wa# #oon lyin" between &y
naked thi"h#' /Ine+)3 he #aid) 4i( yo$ lo%e &e) be &y wi(e (or the#e (ew &o&ent# be(ore we
*art'/ I co$ld not re#i#t the a**eal' I o((ered &y li*# to ki##e# witho$t any (eelin" #a%e
innocent lo%e) and lay *a##i%e while I (elt hi& "$ide a #ti(() war& ob0ect between &y thi"h#'
It entered where nothin" had e%er entered be(ore and no #ooner wa# it entered than he "a%e a
(ierce thr$#t which #ee&ed to tear &y %ital# with a cr$el *ain' Then he "a%e dee* #i"h and
#ank hea%ily $*on &y bo#o&' I ki##ed hi& re*eatedly) (or I #$**o#ed it &$#t ha%e h$rt hi& a#
&$ch a# it did &e) little thinkin" that hi# *lea#$re had been a# e5,$i#ite a# &y #$((erin" had
been' ;$#t at that &o&ent the har#h %oice o( &y d$enna re#o$nded thro$"h the "arden)
callin") 4Ine+8 Ine+8/ E5chan"in" with &y #ed$cer a lin"erin") hearty ki##) I e5tracted &y#el(
(ro& hi# e&brace and an#wered the call' My d$enna eyed &e #har*ly a# I a**roached her'
/1hy do yo$ #traddle yo$r le"# #o (ar a*art when yo$ walk)3 #aid #he) and when I ca&e
clo#er) 41hy i# the bo#o& o( yo$r dre## #o di#ordered and why are yo$r cheek# #o (l$#hed7/ I
&ade #o&e e5c$#e abo$t cli&bin" to "et an oran"e and h$rried *a#t her to &y roo&' I locked
the door and *re*ared to "o to bed that I &i"ht think $ninterr$*tedly o( !arlo#) who& I now
lo%ed &ore than e%er' 1hen I took o(( &y *etticoat I (o$nd it all #tained with blood' I (olded
it and trea#$red it beneath &y *illow to drea& $*on) $nder the (ond ill$#ion that !arlo#/#
blood wa# &in"led there with &y own' or week# a(terward# I wa# #o clo#ely watched that I
co$ld not #ee !arlo#' The e%enin" *recedin" &y &arria"e I went to %e#*er# with &y d$enna'
1hile we were kneelin" in the cathedral a lar"e wo&an) clo#ely %eiled) ca&e and knelt clo#e
be#ide &e' She attracted &y attention by *l$ckin" &y dre##) and) a# I t$rned) #he &o&entarily
li(ted the corner o( her &antle and I #aw it wa# !arlo# in di#"$i#e' I wa# now all alert and a
#&all *acka"e wa# #li**ed into &y hand' I had 0$#t ti&e to #ec$re it in &y bo#o& when &y
d$enna aro#e and we le(t the ch$rch' A# #oon a# I re"ained the *ri%acy o( &y own roo& I tore
o*en the *acka"e and (o$nd it contained a #ilken ro*e ladder and letter (ro& !arlo# re,$e#tin"
&e to #$#*end it (ro& the window that ni"ht a(ter the (a&ily wa# at re#t' The note wa# ($ll o(
lo%e' There wa# &$ch &ore to tell) it #aid) i( I wo$ld "rant the inter%iew by &ean# o( the
ladder' O( co$r#e) I deter&ined to #ee hi&' I wa# %ery i"norant o( what &o#t "irl# learn (ro&
each other) (or I had no co&*anion' I #$**o#ed when a wo&an wa# e&braced a# I had been
#he nece##arily "ot with child) and that #$ch e&brace# there(ore occ$rred at inter%al# o( a year
or #o' I e5*ected) con#e,$ently) nothin" o( the kind at the co&in" inter%iew' I wanted to learn
o( !arlo# i( the child) which I #$**o#ed to be in &y wo&b) wo$ld be born #o #oon a# to betray
o$r #ecret to &y h$#band' 1hen the (a&ily retired I went to &y roo& and dre##ed &y#el(
elaborately) braidin" &y hair and *$ttin" on all o( &y 0ewellery' Then I (a#tened one end o(
the ro*e ladder to the bed*o#t and lowered the other end o$t o( the window2 it wa# at once
#trained by the a#cendin" #te* o( !arlo#' My eye# were #oon (ea#ted with the #i"ht o( &y
hand#o&e lo%er) and we were #oon locked in each other/# ar&#' A"ain and a"ain we
alternately de%o$red each other with o$r eye# and *re##ed each other to o$r heart#' 1ord# did
not #ee& to be o( any $#e2 o$r ki##e# and care##e# beca&e &ore *a##ionate) and (or the (ir#t
ti&e in &y li(e I (elt a wanton e&otion' The li*# between &y thi"h# beca&e &oi#tened and
torrid with co$r#in" blood2 I co$ld (eel &y cheek# b$rn $nder the ardent "a+e o( &y lo%er2 I
co$ld no lon"er &eet hi# eye#:&y own dro**ed in #ha&e'
He be"an to $ndre## &e ra*idly) hi# hand tre&blin" with ea"erne##' !o$ld it be that he
wanted to *ierce &y loin# #o #oon a"ain) a# he had done in the oran"e "arden7 An ho$r a"o I
wo$ld ha%e dreaded it2 now the tho$"ht ca$#ed a throb o( welco&e 0$#t where the *ain had
been #har*e#t' Stri**ed to &y che&i#e) and e%en that $nb$ttoned by the ea"er hand o( &y
lo%er) I darted (ro& hi# ar&# and concealed &y con($#ion beneath the bedco%er' He #oon
$ndre##ed and (ollowed &e:then) be#towin" one ki## on &y neck and one on each o( &y
naked brea#t#) he o*ened &y thi"h# and *arted the little c$rl# between' A"ain I (elt the #ti(()
war& ob0ect enterin"' It entered #lowly on acco$nt o( the ti"htne##) b$t e%ery inch o( it#
*ro"re## inward beca&e &ore and &ore *lea#ant' 1hen it wa# ($lly entered I wa# in a ra*t$re
o( deli"ht) yet #o&ethin" wa# wantin"' I wra**ed &y ar&# aro$nd &y lo%er and re#*onded
*a##ionately to hi# ki##e#' I wa# al&o#t te&*ted to re#*ond to hi# thr$#t# by a wanton &otion
o( &y loin#' My &aidenhead wa# "one and the tender %ir"in wo$nd co&*letely healed) b$t I
had #till #o&e re&ain# o( &aiden #ha&e' or a &o&ent he lay #till and then he "a%e &e hal( a
do+en dee* thr$#t#) each #$cceedin" one "i%in" &e &ore and &ore *lea#$re' It c$l&inated at
la#t in a thrill #o e5,$i#ite that &y (ra&e #ee&ed to &elt' Nothin" &ore wa# wantin"' I "a%e a
#i"h o( dee* "rati(ication and &y ar&# (ell ner%ele## to &y #ide#) b$t I recei%ed with
*a##ionate *lea#$re two or three &ore thr$#t# which !arlo# "a%e &e) at each o( which &y
#heath wa# *enetrated by a co*io$# "$#h which #oothed and bathed it# &e&brane#' or a lon"
ti&e we lay *er(ectly #till2 the #ti(( #ha(t which had co&*letely (illed &e had di&ini#hed in
#i+e $ntil it #li**ed co&*letely o$t' !arlo# at la#t relie%ed &e o( hi# wei"ht by lyin" at &y
#ide) b$t o$r le"# were #till entwined'
1e had now ti&e to con%er#e' My lo%er e5*lained to &e all the #e5$al &y#terie# which
re&ained (or &e to know) then we (or&ed *lan# which wo$ld enable $# a(ter &y &arria"e to
&eet o(ten alone' The#e e5*lanation# and *lan# were &in"led #o (reely with care##e# that
be(ore &y lo%er le(t &e we had &elted (i%e ti&e# in each other/# ar&#' I had barely #tren"th to
dra" $* the ro*e ladder a(ter he de*arted' The day had now be"$n to dawn' I (ell into a
drea&le## #lee* and wa# awakened by &y d$enna *o$ndin" on the door and callin" that it
wa# nearly ten o/clock and that I wa# to be &arried at ele%en' I wa# in no h$rry b$t they "ot
&e to ch$rch in ti&e' .$rin" the whole cere&ony I (elt &y lo%er/# #*er& tricklin" down &y
thi"h#'
1e all a**la$ded Ine+ a# #he th$# (ini#hed her #tory' 1hile #he wa# tellin" the #tory one o(
the ladie#) who& I noticed to be the &o#t (le#hy o( the n$&ber) c$ddled $* clo#e to &y #ide
and #$((ered &e to e5*lore all her char&# with &y hand' .$rin" the de#cri*tion o( the #cene
in the oran"e "arden &y (in"er# toyed with the c$rl# between her thi"h#) and) a# the #tory
went on) *arted the c$rl# and (elt o( the li*# beneath' She wa# t$rned *artly on her belly
a"ain#t &e #o that thi# by-*lay wa# not ob#er%ed' My (in"er# were enco$ra"ed by the lady/#
hand $ntil two o( the& &ade an entrance and were co&*letely enclo#ed in the hot) &oi#t
ti##$e' The little *rot$berance which all wo&en ha%e within the ori(ice) and which i# the
*rinci*al #eat o( #en#ation) wa# in her re&arkably de%elo*ed' It wa# a# lar"e a# the end o( &y
little (in"er' I *layed with it and #,$ee+ed it and *l$n"ed &y (in"er# *a#t it a"ain and a"ain2
#he &ani(e#ted her *lea#$re by ki##in" &e on the neck) where #he had hidden her (ace' 1hen
Ine+ de#cribed her (ir#t thrill in the bedroo& #cene &y (in"er# were doin" all in their *ower to
co&*lete the other lady/# "rati(ication) and thi#) too) with #$cce##) (or they were #$ddenly
bathed with &oi#t$re) and) at the #a&e ti&e) the lady drew a dee* #i"h) which wa# not
noticed) (or all #$**o#ed it to be in #y&*athy with Ine+/# #tory' Then #he withdrew &y hand
and lay *er(ectly #till' Ine+ wa# abo$t to "i%e her the #car() b$t #he lay #o &otionle## that #he
handed it to another' /Thi#)3 #aid Ine+) 4i# Helene) a Grecian lady' She will tell yo$ a #tory and
then #he will do anythin" yo$ wi#h'/ My head wa# #till *illowed on Ine+/# brea#t' Helene
#&iled) then #too*ed and ki##ed &e' She wa# abo$t &edi$& hei"ht) %ery #lender) b$t "race($l
and well ro$nded) and her #kin wa# a# white a# alaba#ter' Her (eat$re# were o( the *er(ect
anti,$e &o$ld and were li"hted with (ine "rey eye#' Her "lo##y black hair wa# all br$#hed
back to a knot 0$#t below the back o( the neck) (ro& which b$t a #in"le c$rl e#ca*ed on either
#ide and toyed with her (ir& b$t (inely ro$nded bo#o&' The dee* %er&ilion o( her li*#
co&*en#ated (or the (aint colo$r o( her cheek#) who#e tin"e wa# #carcely dee*er than that o(
her (inely c$t ear#' She wa# abo$t twenty-two) and ri*e to yield a char&in" e&brace' I drew
her down to a #eat on &y loin# and be""ed her to be"in her #tory'
!HAPTER THREE
THE GRE!IAN LA.Y/S STORY
I entered the bridal bed a %ir"in' 1hen the bride#&aid# le(t &e I tre&bled with
a**rehen#ion and co%ered $* &y head $nder the bedclothe#' It wa# beca$#e I had heard #o
&any #torie# o( the trial# and hard#hi*# o( a %ir"in on her &arria"e ni"ht and not beca$#e I
had any anti*athy toward# &y h$#band2 On the contrary) I liked hi&' Hi# co$rt#hi* had been
#hort) (or he wa# a b$#y &an in the di*lo&atic #er%ice o( the Greek "o%ern&ent' He wa# no
lon"er yo$n") b$t he wa# "ood-lookin" and &anly) and I wa# *ro$d that he had #elected &e
(ro& all the other Athenian "irl#' My heart beat #till &ore %iolently when he entered' He ca&e
to the #ide o( the bed and) t$rnin" down the clothe# (ro& &y head) he #aw how I wa# a"itated'
He #i&*ly ki##ed &y hand) and then went to the other #ide o( the roo& to $ndre##' Thi#
cond$ct #o&ewhat rea##$red &e' 1hen he "ot into bed and took &e in hi# ar&# &y back wa#
t$rned toward# hi&' He took no libertie# with any *art o( &y *er#on b$t be"an to con%er#e
with &e abo$t the incident# o( the weddin"' I wa# #oon #o cal& that I #$((ered hi& to t$rn &e
with &y (ace toward# hi&) and he ki##ed &e (ir#t on the (orehead and then on the li*#' A(ter a
while he be""ed &e to ret$rn hi# ki##e#) #ayin" that i( I did not it wo$ld *ro%e that I di#liked
hi&2 th$# enco$ra"ed I ret$rned hi# ki##e#' 1hen I had #o lon" lain in hi# ar&# that I be"an to
(eel at ho&e) he t$rned &e $*on &y back and $n(a#tened the bo#o& o( &y che&i#e and
ki##ed and (ondled &y brea#t#' Thi# #et &y heart beatin" wildly a"ain) b$t we ke*t
e5chan"in" ki##e# till he #$ddenly li(ted the #kirt o( &y che&i#e and lay between &y thi"h#'
Then I co%ered &y (ace with &y hand# (or #ha&e) b$t he wa# #o kind and "entle that I #oon
"ot #o acc$#to&ed to the #it$ation that I #$((ered hi& to re&o%e &y hand# and (a#ten hi#
&o$th to &ine in a *a##ionate ki##' A# he did #o I (elt #o&ethin" *$#hin" between &y thi"h#'
It entered &y c$rl# there and to$ched the naked li*# beneath' I (elt &y (ace "row hot with
#ha&e and lay *er(ectly *a##i%e' He &$#t ha%e been in bed with &e two ho$r# be(ore he
%ent$red #o (ar' He had hi# reward) (or a #o(t de#ire be"an to "row in &y brain) the blood
centred on &y loin# and I lon"ed (or the connection which wa# #o i&&inent' I ret$rned hi& a
ki## a# *a##ionate a# he "a%e2 it wa# the #i"nal (or which he had been waitin"' I (elt a *re##$re
on the %ir"in &e&brane) not hard eno$"h) howe%er) to be *ain($l' The *re##$re #lackened and
then *$#hed a"ain and a"ain' By thi# ti&e I wa# wanton with de#ire and not only ret$rned the
*a##ionate ki##e#) b$t I wo$nd &y ar&# aro$nd hi&' Then ca&e the (ate($l thr$#t) tearin"
away the ob#tr$ction and reachin" to the %ery de*th# o( &y loin#' I "a%e a cry o( &in"led
bli## and a"ony) which I co$ld not hel* re*eatin" at each o( the three dee* thr$#t# that
(ollowed' Then all wa# #till and an e(($#ion like bal& (illed &y #heath in the *lace o( the
or"an that had #o di#t$rbed it' A deli"ht($l lan"$or #tole o%er &y (ra&e and I went to #lee* in
&y h$#band/# ar&#' In le## than #i5 &onth# circ$&#tance# co&*elled &e to decei%e hi&'
A(ter we had been &arried awhile o$r *o#ition re,$ired $# to "o a "reat deal in co&*any'
!ard *layin" wa# %ery (a#hionable and the #take# "ot hi"her and hi"her' One ni"ht the l$ck
ran terribly a"ain#t &e2 I *ro*o#ed (or the *arty to do$ble' My h$#band had "one on a 0o$rney
a (ew day# be(ore and had le(t a lar"e #$& o( &oney in &y char"e' It wa# nearly all hi#
(ort$ne' A *ortion o( thi# &oney I now #taked) thinkin" that the l$ck co$ld not *o##ibly "o
a"ain#t &e a"ain) b$t it did' I wa# rendered de#*erate' A"ain I *ro*o#ed to do$ble:it wo$ld
take all I had le(t i( I lo#t' The ladie# who were *layin" withdrew2 the "entle&en were too
*olite to do #o' The card# went a"ain#t &e' I (elt &y#el( t$rn dread($lly *ale' The rench
a&ba##ador) !o$nt Henri) who wa# #ittin" be#ide &e) wa# di#*o#ed to conceal &y terrible
e&barra##&ent' He wa# a hand#o&e &an) b$t) $nlike &y h$#band) he wa# %ery #talwart' Hi#
&anner# were %ery en"a"in"' He ke*t $* a #trea& o( #&all talk till the other# had di#*er#ed to
other *art# o( the roo&) then he o((ered to brin" &e on the &orrow the a&o$nt I had lo#t' I
t$rned a# cri&#on a# I had be(ore been *ale' I knew the *rice o( #$ch a##i#tance' I &ade hi&
no re*ly) &y look dro**ed to the (loor and I be""ed hi& to lea%e &e) which he *olitely did'
All ne5t day I wa# nearly di#tracted2 I ho*ed !o$nt Henri wo$ld not co&e' My cheek# wo$ld
b$rn a# on the e%enin" be(ore and the blood all r$#h back to &y heart' At three o/clock he
ca&e2 the) %alet #howed hi& into the *arlo$r) clo#ed the door and retired' !o$nt Henri &$#t
ha%e known he wa# e5*ected) (or I wa# ele"antly dre##ed in bl$e #ilk and &y #ho$lder# were
#et o(( with hea%y lace' I wa# #o weak (ro& a"itation that I co$ld not ri#e (ro& the #o(a to
"reet hi&' /May I ha%e the ha**ine##)3 he #aid) 4o( bein" yo$r con(idant73 a# he #eated hi&#el(
be#ide &e) holdin" in one hand a well-(illed *$r#e and dro**in" the other aro$nd &y wai#t' I
co$ld not re0ect the *$r#e' I( I ke*t the *$r#e I co$ld not a#k hi& to re&o%e hi# ar&' I wa#
"iddy with contendin" e&otion#' /or God/# #ake) #*are &e)3 I &$r&$red' My head dro**ed)
he ca$"ht it to hi# heart:I had (ainted away' 1hen I a"ain beca&e con#cio$# I wa# lyin" on
&y back $*on the #o(a in the ar&# o( the !o$nt) the lace on &y bo#o& wa# *arted) &y hea%y
#kirt# were all t$rned $* (ro& &y naked thi"h# and he wa# in the %ery ec#ta#y o( (illin" &y
#heath with #*er&' It wa# thi# e5,$i#ite #en#ation which had re#tored &e to con#cio$#ne##) b$t
I wa# too late to 0oin in the ec#ta#y' Hi# #ha(t beca&e li&ber and #&all and I wa# le(t
ho*ele##ly in the l$rch' Then I be#eeched hi& to "o a# it wa# no ti&e or *lace (or thi#'
/1ill yo$ recei%e &e in yo$r bedroo& toni"ht73 a#ked the !o$nt) ki##in" &y bare bo#o&#'
He had #o e5cited &y *a##ion# that I no lon"er he#itated' 4The (ront door will be $n(a#tened
all ni"ht)3 I re*lied) 4and &y roo& i# directly o%er thi#'/ Then he allowed &e to ri#e' I ad0$#ted
&y di#ordered dre## a# ,$ickly a# *o##ible) b$t I wa# not ,$ick eno$"h' The %alet o*ened the
door to brin" in the card o( a %i#itor' He #aw eno$"h to *$t &e in hi# *ower' A(ter the !o$nt
had "one I (o$nd the *$r#e in &y bo#o&2 it contained &ore than I had lo#t) b$t &y tho$"ht#
were not o( &oney' My li*# had ta#ted the (orbidden (r$it2 I wa# no lon"er the #a&e wo&an2
&y e5cite&ent had c$l&inated in la#ci%io$# de#ire' I co$ld hardly wait (or ni"ht to co&e'
1hen (inally the ho$#e wa# #till I $n(a#tened the (ront door) retired to &y roo&) $ndre##ed
and wa# #tandin" in &y che&i#e with &y ni"ht"own in &y hand ready to *$t on when the
door o( &y roo& o*ened and Ale5) the %alet) #tood be(ore &e with hi# (in"er on hi# li*#' He
wa# a (ine lookin" yo$th o( #e%enteen) a H$n"arian o( a red$ced (a&ily) who acted hal( in the
ca*acity o( #ecretary and hal( in that o( %alet (or &y h$#band' I co$ld not hel* "i%in" a (aint
#crea&) while I concealed &y *er#on a# well a# *o##ible with the ni"ht"own I held in &y
hand#' /My lady)3 #aid he) 4I know all) b$t I #hall be di#creet' I only a#k yo$ to "i%e &e the
#weete#t *roo( o( yo$r con(idence'/ There wa# no hel* (or it' 1ith a &$r&$red 4or #ha&e)3 I
#*ran" into bed and hid $nder the bedclothe#' He ,$ickly $ndre##ed and (ollowed &e' My
ob0ect wa# to di#&i## hi& be(ore the !o$nt ca&e2 I there(ore #$((ered hi& to &ake ra*id
*ro"re##' He took &e in hi# ar&# and ki##ed &y li*# and brea#t# and) a# he rai#ed &y che&i#e)
o$r naked thi"h# &et' He wa# &$ch &ore a"itated than &y#el(' I had been antici*atin" a
*ara&o$r all the a(ternoon and he co$ld not ha%e known what rece*tion wo$ld be accorded
hi&' He co$ld hardly "$ide hi# #ha(t to the li*# that welco&ed it' A# (or &y#el() I be"an
where I had le(t o(( with the !o$nt' My #heath with wanton "reedine## de%o$red e%ery inch
that entered it and at the %ery (ir#t thr$#t I &elted with an ad$ltero$# ra*t$re ne%er (elt in &y
h$#band/# e&brace' ;$#t at that &o&ent I heard the (ront door #o(tly o*en and #h$t' I *$#hed
Ale5 away with (orce that drew hi# #ti(( #ha(t co&*letely o$t o( &e' /Gather $* yo$r clothe#
,$ickly and "et into the clo#et)3 I #aid' Madly ea"er a# he &$#t ha%e been to (ini#h) he h$rried
with hi# clothe# into the clo#et a# the !o$nt entered' The !o$nt ca&e $* and ki##ed &e' I
*retended to be a#lee*' He $ndre##ed ha#tily) and) "ettin" into bed) took &e in hi# ar&#' B$t I
delayed hi# *ro"re## a# &$ch a# *o##ible' I &ade hi& tell &e e%erythin" that had been #aid
abo$t &y lo##e# at card#' I $#ed e%ery arti(ice to kee* hi& at bay $ntil hi# e((ort# #ho$ld
aro$#e &y *a##ion#' Then he &o$nted &e and hi# #talwart #ha(t di#tended and *enetrated &e
#o &$ch dee*er than that o( yo$n" Ale5 that it wa# &ore e5,$i#ite than be(ore' A"ain the
wild) ad$ltero$# thrill *enetrated e%ery *art o( &y body' I (airly "roaned with ec#ta#y' At that
&o&ent the (ront door lo$dly o*ened' It &$#t be &y h$#band $ne5*ectedly ret$rnin"' /Good
hea%en#) !o$nt83 I cried) 4$nder the bed with yo$'3 He *$lled hi# "reat #ti(( #ha(t o$t o( &e
with a c$r#e o( di#a**oint&ent that he co$ld not (ini#h and #cra&bled $nder the bed) dra""in"
hi# clothe# a(ter hi&' My h$#band ca&e in all bea&in" with deli"ht that he had been able to
ret$rn #o #oon' I recei%ed hi& with &$ch de&on#tration' 4How it (l$#he# yo$r cheek# to #ee
&e)3 he #aid'
1hen he had $ndre##ed and co&e to bed I ret$rned hi# care##e# with #o &$ch ardo$r that
he #oon entered where Ale5 and the !o$nt had #o ha#tily withdrawn' I (elt *lea#ant) b$t
(ei"ned &$ch &ore ra*t$re than I (elt' To con#ole the !o$nt I dro**ed one o( &y hand# down
alon"#ide the bed) which he wa# #o *olite a# to ki##) and) a# &y h$#band/# (ace wa# b$ried in
&y neck) while he wa# &akin" ra*id thr$#t# I ki##ed &y other hand to Ale5) who wa# *ee*in"
thro$"h the clo#et door' Then I "a%e a &otion to &y loin# which #ent &y h$#band #*endin"
and re*eated it till I had e5tracted (ro& hi& the &o#t co*io$# "$#he#' It wa# too #oon (or &e
to &elt with another thrill2 &y ob0ect wa# to (i5 hi& (or a #o$nd #lee*) b$t the bal&y #*er&
wa# #o "rate($l to &y hot #heath a(ter the two (ierce *recedin" enco$nter# that I (elt rewarded
(or &y tro$ble#' He #oon (ell #o$nd a#lee*' Then I &otioned (or the !o$nt to "o' 1ith hi#
clothe# in one hand and hi# #ti(( #ha(t in the other he "lided o$t' Soon a(ter) we heard the (ront
door #h$t and the di#con#olate Ale5 ca$tio$#ly ca&e (orth' 1ith hi# clothe# $nder hi# ar& and
both hand# holdin" hi# ri"id #ha(t) he too di#a**eared'
Here Helene (ini#hed' .$rin" her #tory I lay on &y back with &y head re#tin" on Ine+/#
bo#o&' Helene #at a#tride &y loin# with her (ace toward# &e) which "a%e &e a (air %iew o(
her &o#t #ecret char&#' She #o&ehow or other let &e #car( (all o%er her thi"h# and beneath it
her little ta*erin" (in"er# be"an to *lay with &y li&ber #ha(t' A# the #tory *roceeded it be"an
to #ti((en) and while #he wa# de#cribin" the bedcha&ber #cene #he contri%ed to enter it into
the cre%ice #o directly abo%e it' It ro#e and ro#e $ntil it wa# al&o#t ri"id) %i%i(ied a# it wa# by
the clo#e retreat in which it wa# hidden' She ke*t $nd$latin" her loin# a# the #tory went on till)
0$#t a# #he (ini#hed) I wa# nearly ready to #*end' At the #a&e &o&ent I (elt &y #ha(t
&oi#tened with the &oi#t$re o( the *retty Greek "irl and #he (ell (aintin" in the ar&# o( a lady
clo#e by'
My #ha(t drew o$t o( her with a #$ckin" noi#e which #et all la$"hin"' She h$rriedly "a%e
the #car( to the lady in who#e ar&# #he lay and in who#e bo#o& #he held her (ace' /It i# with
yo$) <$leika)3 they all cried in chor$#' <$leika looked %ery &$ch e&barra##ed' Abo$t
ei"hteen year# o( a"e) #he wa# (or&ed %ery &$ch like Ine+) who& #he e,$alled in hei"ht) b$t
#he wa# &ore &$#c$lar and her #kin wa# o( a dark bron+e' Her lar"e) l$#tro$# eye# were dark
a# ni"ht' So wa# her c$rly hair) which wa# #et o(( with a #nowy t$rban on which "lea&ed a
cre#cent o( b$rni#hed #il%er' The colo$r dee*ened in her d$#ky cheek# a# #he ti&idly be"an'
!HAPTER O=R
THE MOORISH LA.Y/S STORY
/ladie#)3 #he #aid) 4yo$ all know I a& three &onth# "one with child' Yo$ ha%e now to learn
what i# e,$ally tr$e' I a& a %ir"in #till'/ /A %ir"in and with a child)3 they all echoed) #e%eral o(
the& cro##in" the&#el%e# a# they e5clai&ed' /Li#ten and yo$ #hall hear)3 *roceeded <$leika'
I wa# *$rcha#ed (ro& &y *arent# in e+) where we li%ed) by a yo$n" Moori#h &erchant'
They) a# well a# &y#el() were deli"hted at the *ro#*ect# which he *ro&i#ed o( tran#(errin" &e
to the hare& o( #o&e "reat Moori#h *a#ha' The *rice *aid wa# %ery hi"h) a# I wa# warranted a
%ir"in' The ne5t &ornin" we 0oined the cara%an (or the coa#t2 &o$nted on &y ca&el I en0oyed
the tri* in the hi"he#t #*irit#' Ali) &y &a#ter) rode be#ide &e on a (ine hor#e which he
&ana"ed with "race and %i"o$r' Hi# *er#on wa# #lender and hi# (eat$re#) which were at the
#a&e ti&e bold and a&iable) ca*t$red &y (ancy' Hi# attention# to &y co&*any were
$nre&ittin"' Hi# tent e%ery ni"ht wa# *itched near &y own to "$ard &e (ro& intr$#ion' The
la#t ni"ht that we were on the road I had retired early and wa# 0$#t #inkin" to #lee* a# the
darkne## (ell when Ali a**eared in &y tent' /1hat i# yo$r will) &y lord73 I a#ked' He bent
down and ki##ed &e' It wa# the (ir#t ti&e he had done #o' 4My wi#h i# to &ake yo$ &y wi(e)3
he re*lied' /And why #ho$ld yo$ not) &y lord73 I a#ked' Then he told &e all hi# (ort$ne wa#
in%e#ted in &y *$rcha#e and that it wo$ld only brin" *o%erty and &i#ery on $# both' 1e
&in"led o$r re"ret# with care##e# which "rew &ore and &ore ardent) $ntil I (o$nd &y#el(
lyin" beneath hi& with &y bo#o& bared to hi# ki##e# and &y naked thi"h# *arted' Between
the& I (elt a "entle *re##$re which *enetrated the hair and to$ched the &ore #en#iti%e li*#
beneath' I ho*ed that Ali had deter&ined to &arry &e' I knew he wo$ld i( he de#*oiled &e o(
&y %ir"inity) (or then &y "reat &arket %al$e wo$ld be "one' I lay *a##i%e with &y eye# #h$t'
A #o(t de#ire ran thro$"h &y (ra&e centrin" at the li*# where Ali wa# *re##in" and &akin"
the *re##$re deli"ht($l' The lon"er he contin$ed in thi# *o#ition the &ore I wi#hed (or a
dee*er and &ore #ati#(yin" thr$#t' B$t the "entle *$#he# he "a%e barely *arted the o$t#ide
li*#' I co$ld (eel that they were #to**ed by the %ir"in &e&brane that barred any ($rther
entrance' I "rew wild with de#ire:I #trained hi& to &y bo#o&) and) *re##in" &y &o$th to
hi#) I wa# relie%ed o( a &eltin" thrill' At the #a&e &o&ent I (elt Ali/# an#werin" throb and a
"$#h o( hi# #*er& *enetrated to the de*th# o( &y loin#) (ar within the #till $nbroken c$rtain o(
&y %ir"inity' or a lon" ti&e a(ter we lay in a %ol$*t$o$# b$t &otionle## re*o#e' Then Ali
tore hi&#el( (ro& &y ar&#' /I &$#t "o)3 he #aid) 4(or I cannot re#i#t another #$ch te&*tation'/
/It i# three &onth# #ince that #weet b$t i&*er(ect connection) which it i# now certain will
re#$lt in &y bein" a &other'/ /And ha# no &an to$ched yo$ #ince73 I a#ked with dee*e#t
intere#t) a# I took the #*lendid Moori#h "irl bl$#hin" in &y la*' /I can tell yo$)3 re*lied Ine+)
4why the Pa#ha) who ne%er be(ore #$((ered a wo&an to re&ain a %ir"in a #in"le ni"ht in hi#
hare&) ha# #*ared her'/
He *$rcha#ed her (ro& Ali the day the cara%an reached it# de#tination' A(ter ha%in" her
e5a&ined by the old wo&an in hi# e&*loy) #he wa# bro$"ht here) and the #a&e e%enin" a#
#oon a# he had (ini#hed hi# #$**er he threw hi# handkerchie( to her' She retired to recei%e hi&
in her roo& alone) a# only a %ir"in in thi# hare& ha# the *ri%ile"e o( doin") (or) a# yo$ already
know) it i# c$#to&ary (or $# to recei%e the Pa#ha/# e&brace# when we are all *re#ent' I noticed
<$leika looked %ery rel$ctant:#he wa# do$btle## thinkin" o( Ali) (ro& who& #he had #o
recently *arted' I o%ertook her at the door o( the bridal cha&ber' 4Let &e take yo$r *lace (or
toni"ht)3 #aid I' 41e are the #a&e #i+e) and co&*le5ion# will not #how in the dark' The Pa#ha
#hall ne%er know'/ /!an yo$ indeed &ana"e it73 #he a#ked' 4I( #o) yo$ are welco&e'/ Then #he
h$rried away and I entered the bridal cha&ber in her *lace) $ndre##ed) e5tin"$i#hed the li"ht
and "ot into bed' Be(ore a "reat while the Pa#ha ca&e' He ki##ed &e on the back o( the neck)
(or I b$ried &y (ace in the *illow like a ba#h($l "irl' Then he h$rriedly $ndre##ed) and)
#tretchin" hi&#el( be#ide &e) took &e in hi# ar&#' My heart wa# beatin" %iolently (or the
#$cce## o( &y bold #che&e) b$t thi# a"itation he took (or %ir"in (ri"ht' I an#wered in
whi#*ered &ono#yllable# to hi# ,$e#tion# and #hrank (ro& e%ery care## he be#towed on &y
bo#o& and thi"h#' He beca&e) a# I intended he #ho$ld) only the &ore ea"er' 1hen at len"th
he &o$nted &e) I co%ered &y (ace with both hand# a# i( in a *aro5y#& o( #ha&e) and
wra**in" one o( &y le"# o%er the other) held the& ti"htly to"ether' He had to lie with hi#
thi"h# *arted o%er &ine' In thi# *o#ition he "$ided hi# cre#t between the&) which worked it#
way between the hair and be"an to enter the ti"htly #,$ee+ed li*# beneath' My *a##ion# had
beco&e #o thoro$"hly aro$#ed by thi# ti&e that I co$ld #carcely hel* o*enin" &y thi"h# and
lettin" hi& ha%e (ree entrance'
My &onthly *eriod wa# 0$#t *a##in" o(() in the latter *art o( which a wo&an i# *ec$liarly
#$#ce*tible to de#ire) b$t I &ade hi& "ain hi# way by the harde#t *$#hin"' Not only were &y
thi"h# locked) b$t I ti"htly contracted the &$#cle# o( &y #heath at the li*#' He wo$ld "i%e a
(ierce b$t ine((ecti%e thr$#t) then he wo$ld #,$ee+e and #$ck &y brea#t#) $ntil at la#t &y
wantonne## beca&e $ncontrollable and I "a%e way with a (eelin" that $nner%ed &e) lettin" hi#
#ha(t *l$n"e into the hilt' He #*ent *ro($#ely with a lon" #i"h o( tri$&*hant #ati#(action' I
"a%e a #i"h e,$ally *ro(o$nd2 I co$ld not hel* it' B$t it only co&*leted hi# del$#ion) (or he
tho$"ht it wa# ca$#ed by *ain I #$((ered at the r$*t$re o( &y &aidenhead' He *etted and
con#oled &e with ki##e# and care##e# till we were both ready (or another e&brace' Thi# ti&e
he did not e5*ect &e to be e#*ecially coy at hi# e&brace' Then he (ell a#lee*' I knew he
wo$ld awake in the &ornin" with a #ti(( #ha(t) #o 0$#t be(ore dawn I went and took a bath and
*$t on &y &o#t #ed$cti%e a**arel) adorned &y#el( with all &y 0ewellery and *er($&ed &y#el(
with &$#k' Soon I heard hi& call) 4<$leika) <$leika8/ I ha#tened to hi# bed#ide' 4<$leika be"#
that yo$ will e5c$#e her &y lord)3 #aid I' 4Pray ha%e #o&e &ercy on the *oor "irl'3 Then I
t$rned down the #heet and e5*o#ed the blood #tain# occa#ioned by &y &onthly *eriod' 4See)3
#aid I) 4yo$ ha%e b$tchered her'/ /Then yo$ &$#t co&e to bed with &e)3 #aid he' Thi# wa# 0$#t
what I #o$"ht and I lo#t no ti&e in doin" #o and (or the third ti&e I "ot all I wanted'
Ine+ ended a&id the hearty la$"hter o( the ladie#' A# (or &e) I had been care##in" <$leika2
her *l$&* bo#o&) her #&ooth belly and her "rand thi"h# *a##ed in re%iew $nder &y hand'
She concealed her (ace on &y bo#o& b$t #he &ade no re#i#tance' Perha*# #he no lon"er
tho$"ht o( Ali'
I %ent$red e%en to in#ert &y (ore(in"er between the li*# which concealed her &aidenhead'
It #tretched (ro& #ide to #ide o( her entire #heath) #a%e the little ori(ice that i# ne%er clo#ed'
She rai#ed her (ace) which wa# o%er#*read with cri&#on bl$#h2 her eye# were #h$t) b$t her
&o$th *o$ted (or the ki## which &y li*# (a#tened $*on it' The %ol$*t$o$# #torie# and the
wanton #it$ation had done their work $*on her' My intr$#i%e (in"er *ercei%ed the throbbin"
o( the li*# between which it wa# in#erted' My #ha(t had beco&e a# ri"id a# bone' The "land#
cl$n" to the ba#e all ready (or action' A# #oon a# Ine+ (ini#hed #*eakin" I laid <$leika on her
back $*on the c$#hion#) #*read her thi"h# wide o*en and &o$nted her' My cre#t wa# at once
b$ried where &y (in"er had lately e5*lored' I "a%e a *$#h that #trained the %ir"in &e&brane)
b$t it had the #tren"th which characteri#ed the re#t o( her #*lendid *hy#i,$e) and bo$nded
back like India r$bber' Her whole (or& ,$i%ered at the to$ch' $rio$# with l$#t I wra**ed &y
ar&# aro$nd the #&all o( her back and braced &y whole #tren"th (or another thr$#t' My cre#t
went *l$n"in" in) tore thro$"h the c$rtain o( her %ir"inity and ra&&ed a"ain#t her *re"nant
wo&b' /Allah8 Allah83 #he cried) to##in" her ar&# wildly $*ward# and rollin" her eye#
toward# hea%en' 1hether her *ain or her *lea#$re wa# &o#t e5,$i#ite I did not know) b$t &y
whole bein" #ee&ed to centre in &y loin# and "$#h into the #$*erb Moor' Then I #ank
*ro#trate and e5ha$#ted on her bo#o& with e%erythin" "rati(ied' /The baby ha# been (ed)3 #aid
Ine+) which ca$#ed another la$"h a&on" the ladie#' /See <$leika)3 #aid another in an alar&ed
tone) 4#he ha# (ainted'/ <$leika had indeed beco&e %ery *ale' One "a%e her a "la## o( water
and bathed her (orehead2 another took the #car( (ro& her hand and #ta$nched the blood which
wa# (lowin" (ro& between her thi"h#' I #$**orted her head on &y ar& and "a%e her ki##e#
which be(ore lon" #he be"an to ret$rn' Then #he threw one o( her thi"h# o%er &e to conceal
the trace o( her wo$nd) #ayin" to the lady who had been $#in" the #car( that #he be,$eathed it
to her' Thi# lady/# na&e wa# La$ra) and #he wa# an Italian' It wa# the #a&e who had &elted at
the to$ch o( &y (in"er# d$rin" the (ir#t #tory' She wa# abo$t twenty-(o$r and the &o#t (le#hy
lady in the roo&' Her i&&en#e bo#o& and b$ttock# ,$i%ered a# #he &o%ed) b$t ro$nded o$t
a"ain in *er(ect conto$r when #he wa# #till' She had di&*le# on her cheek# and chin) di&*le#
at her elbow# and knee# and di&*le# at her hi*#' Her (eat$re# were %ery *lea#in") with a ro#y
&o$th) a #a$cy retro$##e no#e and eye# that were dark in e5*re##ion and #haded by lon"
la#he#' She wore her lon" hair in *$((# #$**orted by a tall #hell co&b: *erha*# to add to her
hei"ht) which wa# only &edi$&) notwith#tandin" her enor&o$# wei"ht' Still her wai#t wa#
not o%er"rown) and her wri#t# and ankle# were *retty' /I think I #hall ha%e ti&e to tell a lon"
#tory)3 #he #aid) "lancin" r$e($lly at the di&ini#hed little ob0ect between &y le"#' A&id the
titter# ca$#ed by thi# re&ark) #he #eated her#el( on the o**o#ite #ide o( &e (ro& <$leika)
where #he co$ld care## &y "enital# with one o( her hand# while #he *roceeded with her #tory'
!HAPTER I9E
THE ITALIAN LA.Y/S STORY
I a& #orry to con(e## that I did not *o##e## a &aidenhead when I wa# &arried' It ca$#ed a
0ealo$#y and #$#*icion in &y h$#band/# &ind which I co$ld not eradicate' 1hen I wa# a "irl
o( #i5teen at #chool in a con%ent) one o( &y co&*anion# handed &e an i&*ro*er book' It
contained the a&o$r# o( the ancient "od# and "odde##e#' They were *ainted #o &in$tely that
it le(t nothin" to be i&a"ined) and it #o (a#cinated &e that I at once be"an it' I retired to &y
roo& and bolted &y door to de%o$r it $ndi#t$rbed' I took o(( &y clothe#) and) *$ttin" on &y
dre##in" "own) lay on &y bed to read at &y ea#e' Alone a# I wa#) &y cheek# b$rned at the
la#ci%io$# de#cri*tion# in the book' Then I lon"ed to be in the *lace o( one o( the "odde##e# or
ny&*h# in the wanton ad%ent$re#' The blood co$r#ed hotly thro$"h &y %ein#' I (elt the need
o( #o&ethin" which I ne%er had be(ore) #o&ethin" to ,$ench the #eethin" heat (or the (ir#t
ti&e "enerated in &y loin#' I *$t &y hand on the #eat o( de#ire2 the yo$n" hair which "rew
there had not yet beco&e thick eno$"h to *rotect the li*# beneath (ro& the &o#t ca#$al to$ch'
They "rew #en#iti%e $nder &y hand#) and) a(ter I read o( the ra*e or #ed$ction o( one "odde##
a(ter another) &y (in"er# #li**ed in between the li*# and) by a "entle &o%e&ent) a((orded &e
#o&e *lea#$re' The &otion to be #ati#(actory had con#tantly to be increa#ed $ntil I ca&e to the
ra*t$re# o( 9en$# in the ar&# o( Mar#' My wantonne## beca&e $ncontrollable) a #en#ation
#$ch a# wa# de#cribed in the book *artially thrilled &e) I *l$n"ed &y (in"er# in the whole
len"th to co&*lete it and away went &y &aidenhead' It h$rt &e cr$elly) b$t I did not care (or
that' I knew the irre*arable in0$ry which &y (olly had ca$#ed' I wa# di#"$#ted with &y (olly
and (l$n" the book away' I ne%er *$t &y (in"er# on that #a&e *lace a"ain) &$ch le## let any
&an to$ch &e' One ni"ht I told &y h$#band all the *iti($l tr$th) b$t he wa# #till #$#*icio$#'
1e li%ed in Na*le#' He wa# a *ro(e##or in the $ni%er#ity' He #ee&ed to think o( nothin" b$t
#cience' or two or three week# to"ether he wo$ld "o to bed with &e and ri#e a"ain witho$t
e%en ha%in" *$t hi# hand $nder &y che&i#e) and #till &ore rarely "a%e &e the &arital
e&brace' B$t I did not #$((er &y#el( to care (or that' One day I acco&*anied hi& on a 0o$rney
to another town to look (or #o&e rare &an$#cri*t# o( which he had heard' 1e were "oin" on a
lonely road thro$"h a (ore#t when a lar"e and "aily dre##ed bri"and #te**ed (ro& the wood#
and #to**ed the hor#e' /Re#i#t at yo$r *eril)3 he #aid) *ointin" a cocked *i#tol and leadin" the
hor#e and %ehicle into a lonely #ide *ath' 1hen we had "ot #o&e di#tance (ro& the &ain road
he #to**ed and ordered $# to "et o$t' He (a#tened the hor#e to a tree and then *roc$red #o&e
cord (ro& hi# *ocket with which he (ir&ly bo$nd &y h$#band/# hand# behind hi# back2 then)
ha%in" al#o tied hi# (eet to"ether) he bo$nd hi& to a tree and #earched hi& (or %al$able#'
/Now) &y (air lady)3 #aid he) a**roachin" &e) 4it i# yo$r t$rn'/ /Take &y 0ewellery:it i# all
I/%e "ot:and let &e "o'/ /Thank yo$ (or the *re#ent)3 he #aid) 4b$t yo$ ha%e "ot #o&ethin"
el#e I *ri+e #till &ore'3 Then he *$t hi# ar& aro$nd &y wai#t and atte&*ted to ki## &e' I
#tr$""led to "et (ree) while &y h$#band alternately c$r#ed and entreated hi&) b$t all to no
*$r*o#e' I tried to "et clo#e to &y h$#band) b$t it only #er%ed to &ake hi& a nearer witne## o(
what (ollowed' I wa# #$ddenly tri**ed and thrown on the "ra## with the bri"and on to* o( &e'
He held both o( &y hand# on the "ro$nd abo%e &y head with one o( hi# own2 with the other
he tore o*en the (ront o( &y dre## and e5*lored &y bo#o&#) which he ri(led with hi# hand and
#$cked with hi# &o$th' Then he *$lled $* the #kirt# o( &y dre## and *etticoat'
I redo$bled &y e5ertion# and e%en "ot one o( &y hand# loo#e2 b$t by thi# ti&e he had
(orced o*en &y thi"h# with hi# knee and lay between the&' He *inioned both o( &y hand# a#
be(ore) lea%in" one o( hi# hand# (ree to "et o$t hi# #ha(t and enter it into &e' Then e%ery
#tr$""le I &ade #ee&ed to work hi& in ($rther' I co$ld only #ob with ra"e and #ha&e' The
bri"and) with hi# Herc$lean #tren"th) did hi# will with &e ri"ht be(ore &y h$#band/# eye#)
who had by thi# ti&e howled hi&#el( hoar#e with c$r#e#' An"ry and &orti(ied) a# I wa#) it
be"an to (eel "ood' To e#ca*e thi# crownin" h$&iliation I &ade one tre&endo$# e((ort to "et
(ree' I wa# *inioned to the "ro$nd by a (ierce thr$#t o( &y ra%i#her) and then I (elt the crea&
o( hi# #tren"th enterin" &y loin#' The #en#ation al&o#t thrilled &e) b$t hi# *ower($l "ra#* #o
rela5ed that by a "reat e((ort I e5tracted &y#el( (ro& beneath hi&' I ran to &y h$#band and
be"an $ntyin" hi&) b$t the bri"and #ei+ed &e by the wri#t# and dra""ed &e #o&e di#tance $*
the *athway' Then he #$ddenly thr$#t hi# hand into &y bo#o& and "a%e it a *artin" #,$ee+e)
ki##ed &y a%erted (ace and let &e "o' I ran back tre&blin" and #obbin" to &y h$#band) who&
I $nbo$nd a# ra*idly a# *o##ible' He $n(a#tened the hor#e witho$t #ayin" a word or e%en
hel*in" &e into the %ehicle and dro%e ho&e in #ilent and #$llen "loo&' It wa# too cr$el' I had
been able to end$re hi# #$#*icion# with re"ard to the lo## o( &y &aidenhead) beca$#e it had
been the re#$lt o( &y own (olly' B$t thi# dread($l ra*e had been co&&itted witho$t any (a$lt
o( &ine' He ne%er a(terward lay with &e or held &e in hi# e&brace) altho$"h we contin$ed to
li%e to"ether' A yo$n" wo&an in the bloo& o( %i"o$r and 0$#t well eno$"h initiated with the
&y#terie# o( &atri&ony) I wa# conde&ned to celibacy' 1anton tho$"ht# occ$*ied &y &ind
$ntil &y #heath wo$ld throb and it# li*# &oi#ten and #well with de#ire (or ho$r# to"ether'
I re%erted to the &ean# that had de#*oiled &e o( &y &aidenhead) b$t I wa# in a #tate o(
con#tant a"itation' My h$#band #$#*ected &e2 I deter&ined to "i%e hi& a ca$#e' It #ee&ed a#
i( no one &an co$ld #ati#(y &e now2 I lon"ed (or an o**ort$nity to "i%e rein to &y *a##ion#'
At thi# ti&e a R$##ian (leet ca&e into the harbo$r' My #i#ter/# h$#band wa# a na%al o((icer in
the harbo$r and it de%ol%ed on hi& to hel* entertain the R$##ian o((icer#' So &y #i#ter "a%e a
&a#ked ball to which they were in%ited' My h$#band wo$ld not "o b$t he &ade no ob0ection#
to &y attendin" and #tayin" all ni"ht at &y #i#ter/# ho$#e' My roo& o*ened (ro& the *a##a"e
that connected the ballroo& with the con#er%atory' I *roc$red a lon" and a&*le n$n/# robe
which co%ered &e (ro& &y throat to &y toe#2 it had al#o a cowl which concealed &y head
and (ace' =nder thi# di#"$i#e I had the dre##:or rather the $ndre##:o( a dancin" "irl2 a %e#t
o( cloth o( "old and a #kirt o( the thinne#t lawn were ab#ol$tely the only article# o( which it
con#i#ted) be#ide# &y #tockin"# and #li**er#' The %e#t had no #lee%e# or #ho$lder# and
e5*o#ed &y bo#o& clear to the ni**le#' I( I &o%ed ,$ickly the #hort and "a$+y #kirt #howed
&y naked thi"h#' A# #oon a# the "$e#t# be"an to &in"le on the (loor I to$ched the ar& o( a
#talwart R$##ian o((icer2 he) like all the other "$e#t#) wa# &a#ked) b$t I knew he wa# a
R$##ian by hi# (air hair' 4ollow &e)3 I whi#*ered' 1e entered the *a##a"eway de#cribed) and
(indin" it clear I led hi& to &y roo&' /1hat a dainty bower83 he #aid in rench' 41ill it#
#weet-%oiced occ$*ant be *lea#ed that we both $n&a#k73 He re&o%ed hi# &a#k and di#clo#ed
one o( tho#e r$ddy co$ntenance# with bri"ht eye# and (air hair which alway# #o bewitch an
Italian lady' I (l$n" back &y n$n/# di#"$i#e and #tood re%ealed to hi& in the co#t$&e o( a
la#ci%io$# yo$n" dancin" "irl' The yo$n" R$##ian #ee&ed to ad&ire &y dark Italian
co&*le5ion a# &$ch a# I ad&ired hi# northern h$e' He knelt and ki##ed &y hand'
/!an yo$ *ity a bride)3 #aid I) 4who#e h$#band ne"lect# her7/ A (l$#h o( *lea#$re cro##ed the
o((icer/# (ace which &ade &y look# #eek the (loor' 4It wo$ld be the #$*re&e#t ha**ine##)3 he
#aid) 4to *ity and con#ole yo$'3 He cla#*ed hi# ar&# aro$nd &e and o$r li*# &et' The &o&ent
I had #o lon" de#ired (or had now co&e' I wa# borne in hi# #tron" ar&# to the bed) where I lay
*al*itatin" with de#ire while he #tri**ed o(( hi# o$ter "ar&ent#' Then the (er%o$r o( o$r ki##e#
and care##e# #howed the len"th o( ti&e we had both #$((ered witho$t an e&brace' My dre##
(or&ed no ob#tacle to hi# care##e#) either to &y bo#o&) which he (airly #ee&ed to de%o$r) or
to &y thi"h#) which he #,$ee+ed and *atted' I "$ided hi# #ha(t with one hand while with the
other I *arted the hair encirclin" the li*# to recei%e it' How #ti(( it wa#) and yet how ($ll o( li(e
and war&th8 How ti"ht) and yet how #o(t and l$bricated wa# the *lace it wa# enterin"8 I wa#
#o ea"er I had not e%en a((ected to be coy' /How delicio$#83 he e5clai&ed' /How e5,$i#ite83 I
re*lied' He "a%e a thr$#t which enabled &e to take hi# #ha(t in to the hilt' Then he "a%e
another and another) each #$cce##i%e one &ore "reedily #wallowed' le#h and blood co$ld no
lon"er end$re the ra*t$re that wa# concentrated at &y %ery loin#8 I thrilled (ro& &y wo&b to
&y %ery (in"erti*#8 I &elted and bathed hi# hot cre#t2 hi# re#*on#i%e "$#h drenched &y
"lowin" wo&b' It #ee&ed a# i( we were bein" ($#ed to"ether at the *oint o( contact' Then o$r
&$#cle# rela5ed clo#ely in the &oi#t$re and we en"a"ed (or awhile in %ol$*t$o$# re*o#e'
/Now ki## &e and "o)3 #aid I) 4and i( yo$ %al$e the (a%o$r I ha%e "ranted yo$) lea%e thi# ho$#e
at once'3 My ob0ect wa# to (ill hi# *lace with another hand#o&e R$##ian) who &i"ht co&e
(re#h to the enco$nter) and who#e "enital# &y wanton hand# &i"ht e5*lore and &y wanton
de#ire ra%i#h' Month# o( lon"in" were to be #$**lied by one ni"ht o( bo$ndle## l$#t' Si5 ti&e#
&ore be(ore the ball broke $* I took a R$##ian o((icer to &y roo& and di#&i##ed hi& a#
be(ore:and each ti&e a di((erent one' Each ti&e I wa# co&*letely &elted) and &y Italian
&oi#t$re &in"led with the R$##ian #*er&' The ne5t &ornin" &y "la## #howed &e that I had
dark and #$nken circle# aro$nd &y eye#) and I wa# #o&ewhat lan"$id) b$t (or a (ew day# at
lea#t I wa# not tro$bled with de#ire'
The (at and char&in" Italian lady had been "ently (ondlin" &y "enital# all the while #he
had been #*eakin" and &y #ha(t had be"$n to ri#e at the delicate attention' 1hen #he (ini#hed
her #tory #he knelt be(ore &e with her (orehead on the car*et) la$"hin"ly #ayin") 4Salaa&)
alirko$&)3 which wa# the Moori#h to #i"ni(y #he wa# at &y #er%ice' Her lar"e) ro$nd b$ttock#
were ele%ated in the air and looked #o te&*tin"ly #&ooth and #o(t that I &o$nted her in that
*o#ition a# a #tallion wo$ld &o$nt a &are' She #ee&ed nothin" loth and &y hal(#ti((ened #ha(t
worked it# way in *a#t the #wollen li*#:*a#t the e5traordinary *rot$berance within) which
&y (in"er# had (ir#t di#co%ered:and b$ried it#el( a&id the &oi#t and clin"in" (old# o( her
#heath' My loin# #ank into her (at b$ttock#) which yielded a# I *$#hed) till &y #tone# were
hidden in her hair like e""# in a ne#t' Still I ke*t *$#hin" into the yieldin" &a## witho$t once
drawin" back till &y #ha(t "rew #ti(( with the deli"ht($l #en#ation) and &y cre#t e5chan"ed a
wanton de#ire with her wo&b' I held her (ir&ly by cla#*in" a "reat) #o(t brea#t in either hand'
A (ew &in$te# &ore and I wo$ld ha%e *aid trib$te to her %ol$*t$o$# loin#) b$t La$ra co$ld
not wait' 1ith a #i"h o( #ati#(action her (ra&e beca&e li&*) her knee# "a%e way and #he #ank
(lat $*on her belly' My #ha(t drew o$t o( her (ar &ore #ti(( than it went in' The #a&e
acco&*anyin" #$ckin" noi#e that ended &y connection with Helene #et the& all to la$"hin"'
/I &$#t take a &ea#$re&ent)3 #aid one o( the& and) takin" o(( her bracelet) #he cla#*ed it
aro$nd &y #ha(t' B$t the cla#* wo$ld not (a#ten' The bracelet wa# not lar"e eno$"h' Then
they all tried their bracelet# on with the #a&e re#$lt' /How #hall we &ea#$re it# len"th73 #aid
one o( the&' /o$r o( yo$ ha%e that &ea#$re already)3 #aid I) 4and yo$ know I *ro&i#ed it to
all o( yo$' Plea#e let &e take #o&e &ea#$re&ent# now)3 I added) $nwindin" the "arter (ro&
the le" o( the neare#t lady' It wa# a *iece o( #tron" ta*e and #$ited &y *$r*o#e ad&irably' I
&ea#$red the #i+e o( all their bo#o&# and the circ$&(erence o( their thi"h#) and then) a&id
la$"hin" *rote#tation#) I *arted the hair between each *air o( thi"h# and &ea#$red the len"th
o( their #lit#' In the la#t &ea#$re&ent they all #ee&ed to be de#iro$# o( bein" the #&alle#t) a#
in the other they each wi#hed to be the lar"e#t in #i+e' The yo$n" Per#ian who told her #tory
later in the e%enin" bore o(( the *al& in the la#t conte#t' Her di&in$ti%e #lit looked all the
&ore c$nnin" that the hair aro$nd it wa# hardly lon" eno$"h to c$rl' <$leika had the lar"e#t
bo#o&#) while the thi"h# o( La$ra de(ied co&*etition' /Here) Anna) take the #car()3 interr$*ted
the Italian) 4and tell the !a*tain #o&ethin" abo$t !irca##ia'/ The lady th$# addre##ed wa#
abo$t nineteen year# o( a"e and #he wa# %ery tall and #lender' Her li&b# were (inely ta*ered2
#o wa# her ro$nd wai#t) which I co$ld ha%e #*anned with &y two hand#' Her nicely c$t
brea#t# were a# erect a# i( they had been car%ed (ro& alaba#ter) which her #kin re#e&bled in
whitene##' The hair on her #&all head wa# o( the *ale#t blonde) b$t that at her loin# wa# (iery
red) which I had read wa# a #i"n o( $ncontrollable wantonne##'
I( #o) thi# lady/# (ace "a%e no indication o( it' Her lar"e bl$e eye# looked at yo$ with the
innocence o( childhood) and the delicate ro#eate h$e o( her cheek# %aried at e%ery chan"in"
e&otion' She did not #ee& #en#ible) howe%er) o( the *ri%ile"e con(erred $*on her by the #car('
She #tretched her#el( between &y thi"h#) where #he leaned with her elbow on the c$#hion)
#$**ortin" her "race($l head with her hand' Her bo#o& re#ted on &y loin# and &y #ha(t wa#
i&*ri#oned by her #nowy brea#t# (ro& between which it# red cre#t *ee*ed o$t while #he
looked &e in the (ace and told her la#ci%io$# #tory'
!HAPTER SI>
THE !IR!ASSIAN LA.Y/S STORY
The *ower($l old chie( to who& &y &other wa# &arried had no children o( hi# own' I wa#
her only child by a (or&er &arria"e and her (ondne## wa# all centred on &e' O$r reli"ion)
which wa# the Greek) (orbade a *l$rality o( wi%e#' The old chie( wa# not likely to ha%e a
direct heir) and) a# he wa# now #e%enty) her "reat ob0ect wa# to ha%e hi& con(er on &e the
#$cce##ion to the *rinci*ality2 thi# la#t he con#ented to do i( #he wo$ld co$ntenance hi#
a&o$r# with other wo&en' She con#ented to do #o and the #tran"e co&*act wa# (or&ed:I
wa# *re#ent a# witne##' =nknown to either o( the&) I had been in the habit) (or a lon" ti&e) o(
(re,$entin" a little alco%e in their bedroo& where a (ew book# were ke*t' It wa# #e*arated by
a c$rtain (ro& the re#t o( the roo& and co&&$nicated al#o with &y cha&ber by a #lidin"
*anel' Thi# #ecret *anel) which I had accidentally di#co%ered) wa# a kind o(ten &et with in
#$ch old ca#tle# a# we inhabited' It wa# known to &e alone) or) i( the old chie( knew it wa#
there) he ne%er tho$"ht o( it' I had there witne##ed all the #ecret# o( the &arria"e cha&ber) and
o( co$r#e &y *a##ion# were ra*idly de%elo*ed' My &other wa# #till *l$&* and hand#o&e2 #he
en0oyed keenly the &arria"e e&brace) b$t alway# had to work %ery hard in order to (ini#h the
tardy ra*t$re o( the old chie(' On the occa#ion o( the co&*act I heard her tell hi& #he co$ld
"i%e hi& all he wanted' He co$ld only re*ly that a &an liked a %ariety' /9ery well)3 #aid #he)
4&ake o$t the deed (or Anna/# #$cce##ion and I will not only co$ntenance b$t a##i#t in yo$r
a&o$r#' 1e can in that way at lea#t #ec$re #ecrecy and a%oid #candal) (or no one will #$#*ect
a wi(e o( conni%in" at her h$#band/# a&o$r#'/
The old chie( then con(ided to her that the *re#ent ob0ect o( hi# de#ire wa# Le$line) the
hand#o&e wi(e o( the #teward o( the ca#tle' The ne5t e%enin" I wa# at &y *o#t early' My
&other had already &ana"ed with Le$line' She wa# a lar"e and %ol$*t$o$#-lookin" wo&an
with dark hair and bl$e eye#2 her bo#o&# were not &$ch de%elo*ed) b$t her thi"h# were
i&&en#e' She "ot into bed with &y &other and *retended to be a#lee* when the old chie(
ca&e in' He $ndre##ed and "ot into bed with the& and &o$nted Le$line) who lay with her
head on &y &other/# ar&) clo#e to her bo#o&' An e5*re##ion o( *lea#$re #tole o%er Le$line/#
(ace) which beca&e &ore ine((able at e%ery thr$#t' At la#t their &in"led #i"h# and the #tillne##
that (ollowed "a%e *roo( that the e&brace had been &$t$ally #ati#(actory' ?/Yo$ can i&a"ine)3
#aid Anna) #&ilin" at the other "irl#) 4how I lon"ed (or the e&brace o( a &an'/@ Plan# (or
($t$re &eetin"# and 0oke# at the e5*en#e o( Le$line/# h$#band (illed $* the ti&e) to"ether with
e5*loration# o( Le$line/# char&#) till the #ha(t o( the old chie( "rew a"ain #ti((' He *l$n"ed it
into Le$line/# "reat loin#) and #he en0oyed it #o hi"hly that #he (ini#hed and le(t hi& in the
l$rch' I co$ld hardly re#train &y#el() I #o lon"ed (or the thr$#t# that were now wa#ted on
Le$line' My &other &$#t ha%e (elt the #a&e way) (or #he a#ked the old chie( to let her (ini#h
hi&' He had &ore than once #$cked her (ine bo#o&# d$rin" thi# on#et' He now tran#(erred hi#
cri&#on cre#t dri**in" with Le$line/# &oi#t$re' The ener"y with which &y &other recei%ed
hi& &ade &e (airly wri""le &y loin# in #y&*athy' She wo$nd her ar&# aro$nd hi& and
rai#ed $* her loin# to &eet hi# de#cendin" thr$#t#) then their (ra&e# were con%$l#ed (or a (ew
&o&ent# with the c$l&inant ra*t$re and they #$b#ided into *er(ect re*o#e'
I had o(ten be(ore (elt wanton e&otion at &y *o#t o( ob#er%ation2 I now le(t the alco%e in a
(ren+y o( l$#t' I wanted a &an) and that i&&ediately2 I wa# abo$t to #eek one o( the #entinel#
at hi# *o#t) to con(er &y %ir"inity on the (ir#t r$de #oldier I &et on the co%er o( the ra&*art#)
when I re&e&bered Te##idor) a yo$n" *rie#t) who wa# attached to the cha*el o( the ca#tle' He
wa# a delicate-lookin" yo$th o( abo$t #e%enteen) with a co$ntenance which indicated the
*$rity o( hi# character' I went to hi# roo& and ti&idly knocked on the door' To &y ti&id
knock the an#wer wa# delayed2 when at la#t he #aid 4co&e in/) I #aw that he had e&*loyed the
inter%al by #li**in" on a ni"ht#hirt) (or he had been 0$#t abo$t to retire' He looked a#toni#hed)
a# well he &i"ht) when he #aw &e' /I ha%e co&e to &ake a con(e##ion and a#k yo$r co$n#el)3
#aid I' /Had we better not "o to the cha*el73 he a#ked' /It i# better here)3 I #aid) 4(or the #$b0ect
i# a worldly one) tho$"h o( &$ch i&*ortance to &e' I lo%e a yo$n" &an who i# indi((erent to
&y *re(erence) nay) he i# e%en in#en#ible to &y lo%e' I wo$ld ha%e &y *arent# hint to hi& that
hi# addre##e# wo$ld be acce*ted2 b$t I a& &eant to &arry a #oldier and he i# not a #oldier'
1hat #hall I do7/ /Stri%e to (or"et hi&) &y lady)3 wa# the re*ly' I #tood a &o&ent with &y
look ca#t on the "ro$nd and &y cheek# b$rnin"' 4!r$el &an)3 I #aid) 4it i# yo$ who ha%e &y
heart'/ My head dro**ed (orward) I #ee&ed abo$t to (all) b$t I *$t $* &y &o$th (or the ki##
which he bent o%er to i&*re## $*on it' Re"ret# were then &in"led with ki##e#) while I allowed
&y wra**er to (all o*en and e5*o#e &y bo#o&#' He %ent$red ti&idly to ki## the&2 hi# ki##e#
beca&e &ore and &ore ardent' I had "ot hi& at la#t where a &an ha# no con#cience' He
#tretched hi&#el( on the bed be#ide &e) took &e in hi# ar&#6 o$r li*# were "l$ed to"ether'
A# &$ch by &y contri%ance a# hi# own) b$t he did not know it) &y wra**er and dre##in"
"own o*ened) and a #kirt and che&i#e were all that #e*arated a #ti(( little ob0ect (ro& &y
thi"h#' ired by l$#t a# I wa#) I had #ha&e eno$"h le(t to lea%e the re&o%al o( the#e #li"ht
ob#tr$ction# to hi&' I co$ld hardly wait $*on hi# ti&idity' I &$#t ha%e been the (ir#t wo&an
he had e%er entered) (or he wa# %ery awkward in "$idin" hi# cre#t to the li*# that yearned to
clo#e $*on it' It wa# a little thin") b$t %ery #ti((' At la#t it *enetrated &e a little way and I (elt
the to$ch o( hi# cre#t a"ain#t &y &aidenhead like an electric #hock2 it #et all &y ner%e#
tin"lin" with *lea#$re) and e5*ectant o( the co&in" connection) I co$ld no lon"er e%en (ei"n
&ode#ty' I in%ol$ntarily wra**ed &y ar&# aro$nd hi& and he "a%e the (ate($l thr$#t' Hi# little
cre#t *ierced thro$"h &y &aidenhead with a c$ttin" *ain which I (elt no &ore than a b$llin"
hei(er wo$ld ha%e (elt the #troke o( a #witch' The *ain wa# drowned in o%erwhel&in"
*lea#$re' The thrill #we*t o%er e%ery (ibre in &y (ra&e) not only at the (ir#t thr$#t) b$t three
ti&e# #$cce##i%ely) and at each *l$n"e I "a%e a #i"h o( ra*t$re' Then &y ten#e &$#cle#
rela5ed and I recei%ed with *lea#$re at lea#t a do+en &ore thr$#t#' So&ethin" wa# #till
wantin"' It wa# the "$#h o( #*er& that Te##idor at la#t *o$red into &y heated #heath like
bal&' He #ank hea%ily $*on &e (or a (ew &in$te# with hi# (ace b$ried in &y neck' I wa#
en0oyin" a %ol$*t$o$# lan"$or) when I (elt hi# little #hr$nken cre#t (loatin" o$t o( &y #heath
with the &in"led blood and #*er&' Re&or#e had already #ei+ed hi&' He rai#ed hi&#el( on hi#
elbow and "a+ed *iti($lly into &y (ace' I wa# *a#t bl$#hin" #o I co%ered &y (ace with &y
hand#' 4I ha%e r$ined yo$)3 he #aid) 4wretch that I a&) hea%en (or"i%e &e83 He "ot $* (ro& the
bed witho$t e%en "i%in" &e another ki## and knelt be(ore hi# cr$ci(i5' 41ill yo$ 0oin &e in
a#kin" hea%en (or &ercy on &y #in73 he be#eeched'
I &ade #o&e e5c$#e and (led (ro& the roo&' The ne5t &ornin" I heard that he had "one to
0oin a con%ent in the &o$ntain#' By thi# ti&e I had co&e to the concl$#ion that I had let hi&
o(( too ,$ickly' I had not had eno$"h' Perha*# a war& bath wo$ld hel* to #oothe &e' There
wa# a lar"e bath hal( the #i+e o( a roo& and dee* eno$"h when ($ll to co%er &y brea#t#2 there
wa# a door to it (ro& &y roo& and one (ro& &y &other/#2 #he wa# b$#y at thi# ti&e in the
&ornin" with her #er%ant#' It wa# the old chie(# ti&e to take a bath and he alway# had the
war& water2 I deter&ined to #hare it with hi&' I had hereto(ore do$bted whether the old chie(
wo$ld want to to$ch hi# wi(e/# da$"hter) b$t &y #$cce## with the yo$n" *rie#t "a%e &e
co$ra"e' I took o(( all &y clothe# in &y roo& and *ee*ed thro$"h the door' He wa# (loatin"
on hi# back *layin" with hi# #ha(t) which dan"led li&ber in the water' I had &o#t alway# #een
it #ti(() and I *ro&i#ed &y#el( the *lea#$re o( "ettin" it in that *o#ition) which I *re(erred'
Pretty #oon he ca&e to the #ide toward# &e) where he co$ld not be #een by &e2 now wa# the
ti&e (or &e to co&e in a# i( I had not known he wa# there' I o*ened &y door #$ddenly and ran
and 0$&*ed into the water' I #wa& acro## the bath) t$rned aro$nd and beca&e the *ict$re o(
a#toni#h&ent at #eein" hi&' I (ir#t co%ered &y (ace with &y hand#) then co%ered by bo#o&
with one hand and &y loin# with the other' I did not #crea&2 that &i"ht brin" &y &other'
Then I t$rned &y back on hi&' The #ide o( the bath where I #tood wa# *er*endic$lar' He
#tood by the #lo*in" #ide where we "ot o$t:o( co$r#e I had to #tay' /It/# all ri"ht) Anna)3 he
#aid) 4we will ha%e a nice bath to"ether'/ I #tarted to dod"e *a#t hi&) b$t o( co$r#e he ca$"ht
&e' 4I #hall #crea&)3 #aid I) b$t o( co$r#e I did not #crea&' I wa# (a#t in hi# ar&#) hi#
#ti((enin" #ha(t cr$#hin" a"ain#t &y b$ttock# and each o( hi# hand# #,$ee+in" one o( &y
bo#o&#' My a**rehen#ion# o( rel$ctance on hi# *art were all de*arted) #o I ke*t $* &ore
#how o( re#i#tance' I #tr$""led to "et away) b$t only #tr$""led harder to "et aro$nd in (ront o(
hi&' Thi# bro$"ht &y back to the #lo*in" #ide o( the batht$b) a"ain#t which he *re##ed &e'
Hal( #tandin" and hal( lyin" &y head wa# #till abo%e water' The wantonne## o( the #it$ation
and the war&th o( the water &ade the bath #ee& like a %ol$*t$o$# #ea' O( co$r#e I had *$t
both ar&# aro$nd hi& to kee* (ro& #inkin"2 hi# hand# were th$# both at liberty' He needed
the& both to work hi# hal(-#ti((ened #ha(t into &e' Le$line and &y &other only the ni"ht
be(ore had taken the #tarch o$t o( it2 nothin" b$t the e5cite&ent o( #$ch a kind o( ra*e wo$ld
ha%e #ti((ened it at all' Hal( li&ber a# it wa#) it co&*letely (illed &e) *ainin" &e a little at
(ir#t) b$t "rad$ally (eelin" better and better) *er%adin" all thro$"h &e with the &o#t la#ci%io$#
#en#ation' The war& water ch$rned in and o$t o( &y #heath at e%ery thr$#t with a (eelin" like
"$#hin" #*er&' All the water in the bath #ee&ed to be o( the &ale "ender) and all o( it
e&bracin" &e and ad&ini#terin" to &y l$#t' or ($lly (i%e &in$te# I abandoned &y#el( to the
delicio$# di##ol%in" (eelin") not a# thrillin" a# the yo$n" *rie#t had ca$#ed the ni"ht be(ore)
b$t &ore *rolon"ed' E%en a(ter it had #$b#ided and died away) the *l$n"e# o( the old chie(
were #till *lea#ant' inally hi# #ha(t beca&e (or a &o&ent ri"id dee* within &e) he "a%e a
throb or two which de*ri%ed hi& o( hi# #tren"th and he no lon"er #$**orted &e' I #cra&bled
(ro& hi# ar&# $* the #ide o( the bath and) re"ainin" &y own roo&) #h$t the door and #ank
e5ha$#ted on the bed' 1e ne%er *$r#$ed the intri"$e) a# the terror o( &y &other wa# too
&$ch be(ore o$r eye#' Be#ide# I wa# a (ew day# a(ter en"a"ed in an a&o$r with R$dol() the
hand#o&e yo$n" ca*tain o( the "$ard) while the old chie( had been #$**lied with a (re#h
bed(ellow by &y &other' Thi# ti&e) in the *lace o( Le$line) it wa# a yo$n" &aid) who ti&idly
bl$#hed:(or I #till a&$#ed &y#el( occa#ionally *ee*in" thro$"h the alco%e' A #hort ti&e
a(terward the old chie( wa# #lain in battle and the #a"acity o( &y &other wa# rewarded) (or I
#$cceeded *eaceably to the *rinci*ality' B$t &y &other #wayed the real *ower' I wa# willin"
#he #ho$ld do #o) *ro%ided #he did not inter(ere with &y a&o$r#' It wa# by her ad%ice that I
did not &arry' 4A %ir"in chie(tain will be *o*$lar with the *eo*le) and yo$ can control &en)3
#he wo$ld #ay) 4(ar better $n&arried'/ In (act) R$dol() ca*tain o( the "$ard) wa# &y ab0ect
#la%e) and #o were !a##i& and Seli&) two o( the bra%e#t yo$n" chie(# in the ar&y' I ad&itted
the& all to &y bed in t$rn) R$dol( the &o#t (re,$ently) (or he wa# *ower($lly b$ilt and had
"enital# corre#*ondin"ly lar"e' 1hen I wi#hed to be tickled dee*ly) the tall and #lender Seli&
recei%ed the #ecret #$&&on# to &y cha&ber' !a##i& wa# #hort and #to$t:it wa# a"reeable
#o&eti&e# to be #tretched witho$t bein" dee*ly *enetrated' Each o( the#e #$#*ected that the
other# al#o en0oyed &y (a%o$r) b$t they were not certain o( it' One e%enin" I in%ited the& all
to &y #ecret a*art&ent#' The #ideboard had been re*leni#hed) the #er%ant# had been di#&i##ed
(or the e%enin" and the door# locked' I wa# dre##ed in a *$r*le %el%et bodice with a *etticoat
o( red #ilk' I had on &y riche#t lace and 0ewellery and the crown o( the *rinci*ality wa# on &y
brow' The hand#o&e yo$n" o((icer# "littered in their #*lendid $ni(or&#2 #$#*en#e and
c$rio#ity were &in"led in their co$ntenance#' I waited $ntil #e%eral toa#t# had been dr$nk in
&y hono$r while &y wanton eye# de%o$red the (ine *ro*ortion# o( the yo$n" &en) then I th$#
addre##ed the&6 4Sho$ld not a !irca##ian *rince## ha%e a# &any *ri%ile"e# a# a T$rki#h
*a#ha7/ /!ertainly)3 they all re*lied'
/Sho$ld #he not be entitled to a hare& a# well a# he7/ They he#itated b$t an#wered) 4Ye#'/
/Yo$ then) #hall be &y hare&)3 #aid I) ri#in"' 4Yo$) !a##i&) #hall be lord o( the li*#'/ The
*olite yo$n" o((icer #et the e5a&*le o( de%otion by co&in" to &y #ide and ki##in" the li*#
that I had co&&itted to hi# char"e' /Yo$) Seli&) are the lord o( the bo#o&'/ He ca&e $* on the
other #ide o( &e and ki##ed the bo#o& which *ee*ed o$t abo%e the lace (ront o( &y bodice'
/Yo$) R$dol() #hall be the lord o( the thi"h#'/ He knelt be(ore &e) and) rai#in" &y #kin#)
*lanted a ki## on the hairy &o$th they concealed' Then I (elt hi# ton"$e *enetrate the li*#
beneath2 it ca$#ed a (l$#h o( de#ire to &antle thro$"h &y (ra&e' /Let $# di%e#t o$r#el%e# o(
thi# clothin" which &ake# &ortal# o( $# and beco&e like the ancient "od#)3 I #aid' My
e5a&*le) to"ether with the cha&*a"ne) now broke down all re#er%e' 1e #tri**ed entirely
naked and a&$#ed o$r#el%e# by i&itatin" the attit$de# $#$ally "i%en by art to the &o#t
celebrated heathen di%initie#' It wa# not eno$"h (or &e to co&*are the (or&# o( the yo$n"
&en by ob#er%ation' I (reely care##ed and handled their "enital# with &y hand# $ntil they lo#t
all re#traint and "athered #o clo#ely abo$t &e that I wa# #,$ee+ed in their 0oint e&brace' I
(l$n" &y ar&# aro$nd !a##i& and bid hi& lie down on hi# back with &e on to* o( hi&2 hi#
loin# were ele%ated hi"her than hi# head by the *illow# on which he lay' I worked backward
while he "$ided hi# #ha(t co&*letely into &e'
My b$ttock# *re#ented a (air &ark (or Seli&) who &o$nted &e behind and #lowly worked
hi# #ha(t into the #a&e ori(ice that !a##i& had already entered' It wa# the ti"hte#t kind o( a (it'
The (ir#t entrance had #tirred &y de#ire to a (la&e and &ade &e welco&e the #econd with
"reat "reedine##' !a##i&/# *o#ition wa# #$ch that he co$ld hardly #tir) b$t Seli& *l$n"ed hi#
lon" and #lender #ha(t into &e a"ain and a"ain with thr$#t# that re,$ired all hi# #tren"th' My
#heath wa# #tretched to it# $t&o#t ten#ion by the two #ha(t#) b$t all it# di#tended ner%e#
,$i%ered with l$#t' R$dol( now knelt clo#e in (ront o( &e) with hi# knee# on either #ide o( &y
head' I lay (or a &o&ent with &y (l$#hed cheek# on hi# "enital#) then I "ra#*ed hi# #ha(t in
&y hand and *layed ra*idly $* and down it' !a##i&) with hi# ar&# wra**ed aro$nd &y wai#t)
wa# #$ckin" &y bo#o&#' Seli& #,$ee+ed &y thi"h# in hi# "ra#* at e%ery thr$#t he "a%e' I (elt
&y cri#i# co&in") o%erwhel&in" in three-(old inten#ity' In %ery wild abandon&ent I #$cked
R$dol(/# cre#t in &y &o$th) then I thrilled and &elted with a "roan which re#o$nded thro$"h
all the roo&' All three o( the yo$n" &en (ollowed &e to the real&# o( bli## where I #oared'
My #heath wa# o%er(lowin" with the do$ble trib$te which 0etted and #*$rted and "$#hed into
it' My &o$th wa# (illed with R$dol(/# #*er&' Both *air# o( &y li*# were dri**in"' My whole
(ra&e #ee&ed #at$rated with the (ec$nd &oi#t$re' 1hen the &in"led #i"h# o( the yo$n" &en)
which echoed to &y *rolon"ed "roan# o( ra*t$re) had died away) I #ank into a #e&i-con#cio$#
#tate (ro& which I did not ri#e that e%enin"' It wa# a dee*) drea&y) %ol$*t$o$# re*o#e which
an occa#ional #&artin" #en#ation in &y #trained #heath did not di#t$rb' The wine and *ro($#e
or"an# had done their work' The yo$n" &en *$t &e to bed and ,$ietly di#*er#ed' It wa# the
only ti&e I had &y hare&' The ne5t day o$r troo*# lo#t a battle) the ca#tle wa# taken by the
ene&y) and I wa# on &y way to the #la%e &arket'
Anna (ini#hed her #tory' My #ha(t #till *ee*ed o$t (ro& between her bo#o&#) b$t it wa#
now #ti(( with de#ire' The (at Italian had aro$#ed it to %itality) tho$"h #he had (ailed to e5act
any trib$te (ro& it' My #tone# had a"ain (illed while I li#tened to the innocent !irca##ian/#
*a##ionate tale' Still holdin" her between &y thi"h# I t$rned #o a# to brin" her on her back
beneath &e' Then) chan"in" and ad0$#tin" &y thi"h# between her#) I *arted the (iery red hair
that concealed li*# e,$ally (iery and co&&enced the on#et' The delicio$# heat and &oi#t$re
#et the blood dancin" in &y %ein#' My cre#t lin"ered a &o&ent at the li*#) then "lided *a#t
the& into the clin"in" (old# o( her #heath' 1hen I wa# co&*letely entered) it "a%e a
con%$l#i%e contraction aro$nd &y #ha(t and Anna &elted:indeed the ladie# were all ri*e to
the &eltin" *oint) while I had to &eet their (re#h #$cce##i%e ardo$r' Anna beca&e *a##i%e) b$t
#he #till #ee&ed to en0oy the dee* and ra*id thr$#t# which (or #e%eral &o&ent# I contin$ed to
dri%e into her white loin#' At e%ery thr$#t I beca&e &ore and &ore ($rio$#' I b$ried &y hilt
a"ain and a"ain in a %ain atte&*t to to$ch her wo&b' I (elt that i( &y cre#t co$ld only reach #o
(ar $* in her lon" #lender *er#on) I co$ld con#$&&ate the e5,$i#ite connection' She #ee&ed
to di%ine &y wi#h2 #he o*ened her thi"h# and) drawin" her knee# $*ward) wra**ed her lon")
#lender le"# aro$nd &y wai#t with a #tren"th o( which I had not tho$"ht her ca*able' i5in"
&y look on her #weet (ace I "a%e another *l$n"e' She wa# #o (airly e5*o#ed to &y thr$#t that I
ra&&ed her wo&b clear $* her belly' The #*er& "$#hed (ro& &y cre#t in con#ec$ti%e 0et#
and I "a%e a #i"h o( *er(ect #ati#(action' I wa# co&*letely e5ha$#ted2 &y ner%ele## (ra&e
#tretched it#el( at ($ll len"th $*on her and I #ank into a %ol$*t$o$# lan"$or that "rad$ally
t$rned into #lee*' I #le*t ($lly an ho$r) the ladie# told &e on wakin") and I (elt &y %i"o$r
ret$rnin"' They bro$"ht &e #o&e #herbet and con(ection# which ($rther re(re#hed &e2 and
one o( the& wa# #o con#iderate a# to *oint o$t to &e where to &ake water' Then I heard that
Anna had thrown the #car( #o that it (ell on the #ho$lder# o( two yo$n" "irl# and wo$ld not
tell the& which wa# to kee* it b$t &i#chie%o$#ly re(erred it to &e' Lea%in" the di#order to the
cha*ter o( incident#) I be""ed the& both to (a%o$r $# with a #tory' It wa# a Port$"$e#e "irl
na&ed 9ir"inia who be"an' She wa# a *retty little creat$re not &ore than #e%enteen) and %ery
#&all (or that a"e' Her #li"ht li&b# were bea$ti($lly ro$nded and ta*ered to the c$nnin"e#t
little hand# and (eet' Her *retty bo#o&#) tho$"h #&all) were *er(ect he&i#*here#' Her hair wa#
%ery dark and braided into #trand# which were care($lly coiled $* $nder a ro$nd co&b' Her
co&*le5ion wa# dark b$t her lar"e (iery eye# indicated #o&e northern blood' She and her little
co&*anion #at on either #ide o( &e) each encircled by one o( &y ar&#) while the #tory wa# in
*ro"re##'
!HAPTER SE9EN
THE PORT=G=ESE LA.Y/S STORY
My (ather wa# an En"li#h wine &erchant in Li#bon and &y &other wa# a Port$"$e#e lady'
I wa# the only child) b$t there wa# a little boy na&ed .ie"o) two year# older than &y#el() who
ca&e to re#ide with $#' I #$b#e,$ently (o$nd that he wa# the (r$it o( &y (ather/# a&o$r#
be(ore hi# &arria"e) b$t a# .ie"o/# &other wa# dead) &y &other nat$rally let hi& ha%e a
ho&e with $#' .ie"o and I were the be#t o( (riend#2 a&on" other a&$#e&ent# a (a%o$rite *lay
with $# wa# "ettin" &arried' .ie"o knew eno$"h to *lay thi# when no one wa# by) and alway#
(ini#hed by "ettin" on &e' Hi# or"an co$ld hardly "et #ti(( eno$"h to *enetrate &e) b$t he
&$#t ha%e "rad$ally obliterated all trace o( a &aidenhead) (or I cannot re&e&ber e%er ha%in"
one' There wa# no con#$&&ation in o$r connection#) neither o( $# wa# ri*e eno$"h (or that)
b$t there wa# a char& abo$t it which &ade $# kee* it $* at inter%al# (or a year or two' One
e%enin" .ie"o *ro*o#ed) and I a"reed) that we #ho$ld *o#t*one bein" to"ether a(ter o$r little
cere&ony o( &arria"e $ntil we went to bed' Thi# occ$rred the day a(ter I had (ir#t noticed the
a**earance o( the &ark# o( &y (ir#t &onthly *eriod on &y #kin' O$r roo&# were 0oinin" and
a(ter I had "ot nearly a#lee* that ni"ht) (or I had (or"otten all abo$t it) .ie"o ca&e in' He
cre*t into bed and "ettin" on to* o( &e in#erted hi# or"an a# $#$al' Bein" both $ndre##ed it
#ee&ed &$ch nicer than e%er be(ore) and we both e5*lored each other/# naked (or&# with o$r
hand#) &y bo#o&# (or the (ir#t ti&e attractin" .ie"o/# attention2 they were ,$ite little) b$t it
"a%e &e a# &$ch *lea#$re to ha%e the& (ondled and ki##ed a# it #ee&ed to "i%e hi& to do it)
(or the Port$"$e#e blood &at$re# yo$n"' O$r li*# now &et with &ore (er%o$r than e%er
be(ore) and I be"an to ha%e a (eelin" in &y #heath' .ie"o/# little #ha(t bein" in #o #till did not
#ati#(y) and I "a%e a *$#h $*ward# with &y loin#' He ret$rned it with a thr$#t which (elt
*lea#ant' He ke*t thr$#tin" ince##antly (or &any &in$te#) and all the ti&e it (elt &ore
deli"ht($l) yet I lon"ed (or the thr$#t# to beco&e &ore dee* and ra*id' /I#n/t it #*lendid)3 I
whi#*ered) 4do it harder'/ /It/# *er(ectly #*lendid)3 he an#wered) in a %oice rendered al&o#t
inartic$late by ra*t$re' or two or three &in$te# we ke*t $* the ra*id &otion and I (elt
.ie"o/# #ha(t "rowin" #ti((er than e%er be(ore' The deli"ht he a((orded &e wa# #o e5,$i#ite
that I c$l&inated in a lon") #weet) re(re#hin" thrill' .ie"o &$#t ha%e &elted at the #a&e
&o&ent and *aid the (ir#t trib$te o( hi# #canty dro*#' 1e both (airly whined with the
e5cite&ent and deli"ht o( o$r $ne5*ected #$cce##' The noi#e bro$"ht &y &other to the roo&'
She ca$"ht $# lyin" e5ha$#ted in each other/# ar&#' She took o(( her #li**er and #co$r"ed
.ie"o back into hi# roo&' Then #he t$rned down the bedclothe# and #*anked &y botto&
thoro$"hly) and) ha%in" locked the door between &y roo& and hi#) le(t &e to &y t$&$lt$o$#
re(lection#' The ne5t &ornin" .ie"o wa# #ent to Bra+il' My *arent# at once be"an to look
aro$nd (or a #$itable &atch (or &e) (earin") do$btle##) that I &i"ht #eek another o**ort$nity
to "rati(y &y *recocio$# *a##ion#' They (i5ed $*on a yo$n" noble&an who wa# attracted by
&y (ather/# wealth and *ro&i#ed hi& &y hand' He wa# rather di##i*ated) b$t #o were all the
yo$n" &en o( (a&ily in Li#bon' He wa# ,$ite "ood lookin") and) tho$"h I had #een hi& b$t a
(ew ti&e#) I looked (orward to the &arria"e ni"ht with *lea#$re) (or I lon"ed (or #$ch another
deli"ht($l e5*erience a# I had had with .ie"o' At len"th the bridal e%enin" ca&e' The
cere&ony wa# co&*leted in the *re#ence o( &any "$e#t# and wa# (ollowed by dancin" and
the *o**in" o( cha&*a"ne cork# to a late ho$r' 1hen the bride#&aid# *$t &e to bed I did not
ha%e to wait lon" (or &y h$#band' He ca&e in #o&ewhat $nder the in(l$ence o( wine)
h$rriedly took o(( hi# clothe# and hardly waited to ki## and e&brace &e be(ore he e5erci#ed
hi# &arital rite#' I wa# *enetrated by a little ob0ect not a# bi" a# .ie"o/#' Be(ore I reco%ered
(ro& &y #$r*ri#e and di#a**oint&ent he had co&*leted hi# *$r*o#e and #ank down be#ide &e
to #lee*' I #hed bitter tear# o( cha"rin' Se%eral ti&e# e%ery ni"ht (or two or three week# the
#a&e #tran"e connection took *lace) di((erin" only in that he wa# not e%ery ti&e i&&ediately
o%erco&e with wine and #lee*' Only once d$rin" that ti&e did &y con#tantly aro$#ed and
di#a**ointed *a##ion# #$cceed in c$l&inatin" ,$ickly eno$"h (or &e to &elt) and that only
*artially' I dared not ,$e#tion hi&) (or that wo$ld betray the e5*erience I had had' One ni"ht I
*$r*o#ely le(t the la&* b$rnin" and waited (or hi& to "et o(( into a #o$nd #lee*' Then I t$rned
the bedclothe# down and e5a&ined hi# or"an' It wa# a &ere #carred re&nant which had
e%idently been eaten away by di#ea#e' It wa# inca*able (ro& weakne## o( any e5cite&ent' No
wonder it wa# con#tantly #$b0ected to the tort$re o( hi# di#a**ointed de#ire8 A(ter thi# I
#h$nned hi& a# &$ch a# *o##ible) (indin" no #olace in hi# co&*any and con#tantly tor&ented
with de#ire' 4Oh) (or an entire &an)3 I #i"hed8 He took hi&#el( nearly e%ery ni"ht to the
"a&in" table' Early one e%enin" he went o(( a# $#$al' I retired to &y bedroo& and #at lookin"
o$t thro$"h the window blind' O$r ho$#e) like &o#t other# in Li#bon) wa# b$ilt in a
,$adran"le) the rear o( which wa# the #table' I( I #at on one #ide o( the window I co$ld only
#ee one #ide o( the #table wall) and I co$ld only be #een (ro& it' There wa# only one window
in it) which #er%ed (or Pedro the coach&an) and he wa# rarely in hi# roo&' It wa# the (a#hion
at that ti&e in Li#bon to ha%e lar"e (ine-lookin" Ne"roe# (or coach&en) who were ad&itted to
&any *ri%ile"e#) (or there i# no *re0$dice a"ain#t colo$r in Port$"al' Pedro wa# the &o#t
"i"antic coach&an in the city2 indeed he wa# the lar"e#t well*ro*ortioned &an I had e%er #een
in &y li(e'
A# I looked o$t thro$"h the blind I indi#tinctly #aw hi& "a+in" toward# &y window' I at
once deter&ined to ha%e #o&e #*ort' Standin" be(ore the "la## be#ide the window I li"hted
the la&* a# i( $ncon#cio$# o( ob#er%ation:indeed I co$ld not ha%e been #een (ro& any other
,$arter e5ce*t Pedro/# window) and that wa# #&all and hi"her than &ine' I threw o*en the
blind a# i( (or air and be"an #lowly to $ndre##' Then I #tood in &y che&i#e and *etticoat
la+ily br$#hin" &y hair be(ore the "la##) which di#*layed &y naked ar&# and bo#o&# to "ood
ad%anta"e' Then I #at down to take o(( &y #hoe# and li(ted &y (oot to &y knee (or
con%enience in $ntyin"' My hidden ob#er%er &$#t ha%e #een $nder &y *etticoat $* to &y
loin#) and *erha*# indeed an inch in#ide o( the&) (or &y le"# were #tretched %ery wide a*art' I
"rew wanton with the tho$"ht o( the in(l$ence I &ade by thi# ti&e on hi# *a##ion#' I( hi#
de#ire# were not thoro$"hly aro$#ed it wa# no (a$lt o( &ine' I #tood be(ore the "la## a"ain and
let &y *etticoat and che&i#e (all to the (loor) b$t delayed *$ttin" on &y ni"ht"own' I yawned
and (ondled &y brea#t# with &y hand# a# a wo&an doe#) "i%in" a# I did #o an $nd$latin"
&otion to &y loin#' Soon I heard a #o(t and hea%y tread co&in" (ro& the coach roo& #tair#
toward# &y door' I &i"ht ha%e locked it b$t I did not' 1a# thi# not 0$#t what I had been
*rayin" (or7 The door o*ened and Pedro entered' I held $* &y ni"ht"own be(ore &y naked
(or&' /I( I a& too bold)3 he #aid) in "reat a"itation) 4bid &e "o and I will ca#t &y#el( in the
Ta"$#'3 He need not ha%e been hal( #o tra"ic' /Pedro)3 #aid I) 4ha%e yo$ no &ore *olitene##
than to kee* yo$r clothe# on when a lady/# $ndre##ed7/ Hi# an5io$# co$ntenance rela5ed at
once into a rea##$red #&ile' He "allantly ki##ed &y hand:&y li*# he did not *re#$&e to ki##
at all: and then $ndre##ed hi&#el( witho$t #to**in" till hi# Herc$lean (or& #tood entirely
naked be(ore &e in all it# "i"antic b$t co&*lete *ro*ortion#' Hi# i&&en#e #ha(t wa# *ro$dly
erect and h$"e e%en (or #$ch a "iant' Pendant (ro& it h$n" #tone# which #ee&ed to &y
#o&ewhat #tartled eye# a# lar"e a# a cocon$t' He li(ted &e witho$t an e((ort till &y bo#o&#
were o**o#ite hi# &o$th) into which he al&o#t entirely #$cked one o( the&' My le"# wo$nd
the&#el%e# aro$nd hi# wai#t and I (o$nd &y#el( #ittin" on the cre#t o( hi# "reat #ti(( #ha(t)
which wa# #o directly $nderneath the li*# o( &y #heath that it #lowly entered the&' At la#t I
wa# *enetrated by an or"an which I co$ld hardly acco&&odate2 the e((ort to do #o) howe%er)
wa# attended with the e5tre&e#t *lea#$re' I rela5ed &y le"# and #$((ered &y#el( to #ettle
down with all &y wei"ht $*on it till I tho$"ht hi# whole #ha(t &$#t ha%e entered' Then I
looked in the &irror be(ore which we were #tandin"' At lea#t hal( hi# "reat #ha(t wa# *lainly
%i#ible below &y b$ttock#' He a**eared like a "reat #tat$e o( ebony bearin" at hi# bo#o& one
o( i%ory' I worked &y loin#) and I co$ld #ee *lainly by the &irror that hi# #ha(t wa# now
($rther entered by the &otion) b$t I had #o &$ch o( it in &e that I wa# *ro"re##in" ra*idly to a
bli##($l con#$&&ation' At thi# &o&ent he laid &e $*on &y back on the bed witho$t lo#in"
o$r connection and) bracin" hi# (eet $*on the (ootboard) "a%e an irre#i#tible *l$n"e' It #ee&ed
to ra& &y wo&b clear $nder &y bo#o&#' My whole body #ee&ed only a #heath ,$i%erin"
with la#ci%io$# "rati(ication' I bore witho$t (linchin" two &ore #$ch *l$n"e# and then ca&e
the o%erwhel&in" thrill' In the &id#t o( it I (elt the "$#hin" #*er& #*$rtin" like a (o$ntain in
&y belly' 1e #$b#ided #i&$ltaneo$#ly with a lon"-drawn breath and Pedro at once
con#iderately relie%ed &e o( hi# "reat wei"ht' Twice &ore be(ore he le(t I wa# #*$rred on by
de#ire to co$rt the br$nt o( hi# tre&endo$# on#et2 then I &ade hi& "o' I wa# co&*letely
"or"ed and #ated' Three day# a(terward# we had to (ly to"ether to e#ca*e the i&&inent
di#co%ery threatened by &y &aid' 1e #a(ely reached the A(rican coa#t'
1hen the *retty little Port$"$e#e (ini#hed her #tory I e5chan"ed ki##e# with her and with
her co&*anion on the other #ide o( &e' My cre#t wa# ri#in") b$t another #tory wo$ld "i%e it
ti&e to be ($lly ready' /My (riend/# na&e i# Myr+ella and #he i# a Per#ian)3 #aid 9ir"inia)
recei%in" another ki## (or her in(or&ation' Myr+ella o( co$r#e wa# ki##ed when #he wa# th$#
na&ed' She wa# yo$n"er than 9ir"inia' The *ink #lit between her thi"h# wa# #et o(( by the
(ainte#t trace o( hair2 it looked like a delicate #ea-#hell' She wa# ,$ite *l$&*' Her thi"h# were
nearly twice the #i+e o( 9ir"inia/#' Her bo#o&# were de%elo*ed a# &$ch a# tho#e o( a northern
"irl #e%eral year# later in li(e' Her hair wa# black and "lo##y a# a ra%en/# win"2 it de#cended in
two lar"e braid# to the cal%e# o( her le"# when #he #tood erect' Her eye# were a# black a# her
hair) lar"e and #*arklin") b$t ($ll o( tenderne##' Her cheek# had little colo$r) e5ce*t $nder
e&otion) b$t her li*# were cri&#on red'
!HAPTER EIGHT
THE PERSIAN LA.Y/S STORY
My ho&e) till two &onth# a"o) wa# on the bank# o( the Ti"ri#' I wa# ca*t$red by T$rk#
when on a 0o$rney to &eet &y a((ianced h$#band) who& I had ne%er #een' O$r *arty wa# on
hor#eback *roceedin" alon" the bank o( the ri%er when the T$rki#h bandit# *o$nced $*on $#'
There wa# a (la#h o( #abre# and a %olley o( *i#tol #hot# which di#*er#ed &y (riend#) and &y
hor#e wa# #ei+ed by the bridle and h$rried to the bank o( the ri%er' There wa# a boat in
waitin" which con%eyed $# o%er to the T$rki#h #hore' I #oon (o$nd &y#el( an in&ate o( the
hare& o( the (ierce bandit who had ca*t$red &e' There were (o$r other wo&en in the hare&
a&on" who& I wa# allowed to re#t and re(re#h &y#el( with #$**er) tho$"h I co$ld eat b$t
little' The T$rk then ca&e into the a*art&ent' He wa# a &an o( &iddle a"e on who#e
co$ntenance wa# written the &o#t br$tal *a##ion#' I (airly loathed the #i"ht o( hi& and ho*ed I
wo$ld #oon be ran#o&ed' He *$t hi# ar& aro$nd &e and atte&*ted to ki## &e) b$t I #hrank
(ro& hi# e&brace' /She wo$ld *re(er to ha%e yo$ $ndre## her)3 he #aid to the wo&en) who
#ee&ed to en0oy the #*ectacle o( #eein" &e $nwillin"ly e5*o#ed' They #oon took e%erythin"
o(( &e b$t &y che&i#e while the T$rk hi&#el( #tri**ed *er(ectly naked) and (or the (ir#t ti&e
and $nder #$ch $ncon"enial circ$&#tance# I #aw the "enital# o( a &an' They were e5cited by
l$#t to a #i+e which added to &y *li"ht' He a"ain tried to take &e in hi# ar&#) b$t I #tr$""led
#o that &y che&i#e wa# torn o(( and I cowered naked on the (loor' He bid the wo&en hold
&e' Each o( &y (eet and each o( &y hand# wa# #ei+ed by one o( the (o$r and I lay on &y back
with &y ar&# and le"# #tretched a*art *antin" (ro& &y #tr$""le#' He "ot $*on &e and
entered &e with one (ierce and br$tal thr$#t which tore away &y &aidenhead with a *an" o(
e5cr$ciatin" a"ony'
1ith a tre&endo$# e((ort I "ot &y hand loo#e (ro& one o( the wo&en who held it and
#ei+ed the T$rk/# da""er which lay near $*on the *ile o( clothin" he had taken o((' The
wo&en all let "o o( &e and the T$rk 0$&*ed o(( be(ore he had ti&e to re*eat hi# thr$#t' I
#*ran" to the corner o( the roo& in an a"ony o( #ha&e and ra"e) ready to kill the (ir#t who
to$ched &e' The T$rk #tood "ra#*in" hi# #ti(( #ha(t all #tained with &y blood2 hi# ba((led l$#t
#o$"ht the (ir#t ob0ect on which to %ent it#el(' /Lie down) Ach&et)3 he #aid) 4I &$#t ha%e a
ti"ht *lace to (ini#h what I ha%e be"$n on that "irl'/ The *er#on addre##ed lay belly downward
and then the T$rk t$rned $* the (e&ale *etticoat# which had hereto(ore concealed the &ale
#e5 o( the wearer' It wa# indeed a boy) do$btle## a e$n$ch who& the T$rk ke*t to #$**le&ent
the #er%ice# o( the three wo&en o( hi# hare&' On the *ro#trate (or& o( thi# boy the T$rk
&o$nted) and the "r$nt# o( #ati#(action #oon *roclai&ed that he had #ati#(ied hi# br$tal l$#t' I
thanked hea%en that I had not #$((ered hi& to "ender with &e' A(ter awhile he aro#e and
*$lled down the *etticoat o%er the boy/# b$ttock# #o that he a"ain a**eared in the #e&blance
o( a wo&an' /Lock $* that little ti"ercat in a roo& by her#el()3 #aid the T$rk) *ointin" to &e' I
wa# "lad to be alone and went into the roo& indicated witho$t any o**o#ition' I looked
aro$nd (or #o&ethin" to *$t on' The only article I co$ld #ee wa# a rich #$it o( boy/# clothin"
which do$btle## belon"ed to the one in the ne5t roo&' I dre##ed &y#el( in the#e) co&*letin"
&y di#"$i#e by concealin" &y hair $nder the boy/# t$rban' Then I looked (ro& the window to
#ee what were the chance# o( e#ca*e'
Tho$"h I wa# on the #econd #torey) it wa# not %ery hi"h (ro& the "ro$nd' I lea*t' Then I
&ade &y way to the ri%er and 0$&*ed into a boat that wa# &oored at the bank' !a#tin" it
loo#e I (loated down the #trea&' The ni"ht wa# %ery dark and &y boat wa# nearly r$n down
by a *a##in" %e##el) b$t I called lo$dly (or aid and wa# taken on board' Then I breathed (ree'
The %e##el #ailed down the Per#ian G$l() and) cro##in" o%er to the Red Sea) *roceeded to
E"y*t' I (o$nd &y way to Ale5andria in co&*any with #o&e &erchant#) one o( who& took a
(ancy to &e and en"a"ed &e a# an attendant' He wa# tradin" between Ale5andria and
Morocco and owned the #hi* on which we #ailed (ro& the (or&er *ort' 1e were the only
occ$*ant# o( the cabin' He wa# a hand#o&e yo$n" &an and he won &y heart by hi# $ni(or&
kindne##) b$t I did not re%eal the #ecret o( &y #e5' The day be(ore we reached Morocco) he
called &e into hi# cabin to a##i#t hi& in a bath' He #tri**ed $nconcernedly be(ore &e2 hi#
(or& wa# &anly and "race($l b$t I wa# (a#cinated with the or"an# *ec$liar to hi# #e5' They
h$n" droo*in" at hi# loin#) $ncon#cio$# that a wo&an wa# lookin" at the&:nay) to$chin"
the&) (or I contri%ed to to$ch the& a# o(ten a# I co$ld while I bathed hi&' 1hen I had
(ini#hed #*on"in" hi& he lay e5tended on the #o(a (or &e to r$b hi& dry' My hand# e5*lored
all *art# o( hi# *er#on) b$t lin"ered lon"e#t at hi# thi"h#:#o &$ch #o that hi# #ha(t be"an to
ri#e at the (riction' /Take care) little (ellow)3 #aid he) 4yo$ will aro$#e a *a##ion which yo$
cannot "rati(y'/ I (elt &y cheek# b$rnin") a #o(t de#ire ca&e thro$"h &y %ein# and I wa# abo$t
to o*en &y bo#o& and re%eal &y #e5:b$t the tho$"ht o( the terrible *an" in the T$rki#h
hare& re#trained &e' I #too*ed and ki##ed hi# thi"h#2 &y cheek# br$#hed hi# "enital#' Then I
#at down and watched hi& while he dre##ed $ntil the ob0ect which had #o attracted &e wa#
concealed by hi# clothe#' The ne5t day we were in *ort and a do$r Pa#ha Abdallah ca&e on
board' 1hen hi# b$#ine## wa# (ini#hed) con%er#ation t$rned on &e' 4I will &ake yo$ a *re#ent
o( hi&)3 #aid the yo$n" &erchant' 4Poor little (ellow8 It i# too bad to kee* hi& at #ea'3 He did
not know how de0ected I looked at thi# chan"e o( &a#ter#) b$t it wa# no ti&e (or e5*lanation#'
Abdallah took &e with hi& and entr$#ted &e to hi# chie( e$n$ch to who& I #o$"ht the (ir#t
o**ort$nity o( con(idin" &y #e5 and &i#(ort$ne' I ha%e now been with the#e a&iable *eo*le a
week) b$t the Pa#ha ha# not to$ched &e yet' I #$**o#e I owe &y e5e&*tion to the (act I a&
not a %ir"in'
/B$t yo$ are to all intent# and *$r*o#e# a %ir"in) &y char&in" Myr+ella)3 #aid I) ti"htenin"
&y ar& aro$nd her wai#t and ki##in" her a# #he (ini#hed #*eakin"' She el$ded &y "ra#* and
#ei+ed 9ir"inia by the hand#' 4!o&e)3 #he #aid) 4let/# ha%e a walt+'/ The two *retty little
creat$re# (loated ro$nd and ro$nd the roo& in each other/# ar&#) while Ine+ took $* a l$te and
*layed a #$itable acco&*ani&ent' 9ir"inia) at e%ery co&*lete t$rn o( the dance) held
Myr+ella in a clo#e "ra#*) and their loin# were *re##ed to"ether' Thi# wanton &otion wa# ke*t
$* till their already e5cited *a##ion# were co&*letely aro$#ed' They #$ddenly (ini#hed the
dance and lay on the c$#hion# in each other/# e&brace with their thi"h# locked #o that the li*#
between the& were *re##ed to"ether' Not only were the li*# at their loin# ki##in") b$t their
&o$th# were al#o "l$ed to"ether in thi# barren e&brace' I wa# on to* o( the& both in a
twinklin") and "$ided &y #ti(( #ha(t between the&'
My na* a(ter Anna/# e5ha$#ti%e e&brace had re#tored &y %i"o$r' The #torie# o( the yo$n"
"irl# had aro$#ed &y *a##ion#' The tho$"ht o( con(errin" on Myr+ella her (ir#t ra*t$re &ade
&e (eel like a war hor#e "oin" to battle' My #ha(t "lided between the& enterin" neither) b$t it
wa# delicio$#ly &oi#tened with the dewy li*# at the loin# o( both' A# I "a%e another thr$#t
9ir"inia #lyly *$t her hand behind her and "$ided it into her own #heath' She wa# on to* o(
Myr+ella) between who& and &y#el( #he wa# *inioned' My loin# were no #ooner cr$#hed
a"ain#t her little b$ttock# than I (elt &y cre#t bathed in her &eltin" #hower' To &e the
#en#ation wa# e5,$i#ite2 to her it wa# (inal' She #ank with a lon"-drawn #i"h) *er(ectly li&*
on to* o( Myr+ella' I drew o$t &y #ha(t and *l$n"ed it all dri**in" with 9ir"inia/# &oi#t$re
into the *retty Per#ian "irl' Moi#t a# it wa#) it entered with di((ic$lty the ori(ice which wa# #o
ti"ht) b$t it entered to the hilt' 9ir"inia/# thin b$ttock# were b$t little in the way' My hand
co$ld (ondle with both their bo#o&# at once' My cre#t) %i%i(ied with the &oi#t$re o( the&
both) wa# batterin" at Myr+ella/# wo&b2 &y ki##e# were #howered on the neck o( one and
then the other' I wa# tran#*orted with a do$ble ra*t$re which &y o%erwro$"ht ner%e# co$ld
end$re no lon"er) and the "$#hin" #*er& ca&e bli##($lly to a ter&ination' 1hile it wa#
"$#hin" the *retty Per#ian &elted with a thrill at her (ir#t ra*t$re' Her #crea&# o( deli"ht were
#o lo$d and *rolon"ed that the ladie# had to h$#h her (or (ear it wo$ld alar& the "$ard# at the
"ate#' I had 0$#t #tren"th to t$rn 9ir"inia o%er on her back clo#e be#ide Myr+ella' Then
cla#*in" the& both in &y ar&#) I #tretched a le" between the thi"h# o( each and we lay in a
%ol$*t$o$# re*o#e) &y (orehead re#tin" on the c$#hion and each a**ro*riatin" one o( &y
cheek# (or ki##e#' /.o tell $# how yo$r &aidenhead wa# taken) !a*tain)3 #aid one o( the ladie#
a(ter I had reco%ered (ro& the e5ha$#tion o( &y do$ble e&brace'
/S$re eno$"h) why not73 they cried in chor$#' So) #ettlin" &y#el( into a l$5$rio$# *o#ition
&ore con%enient (or #torytellin" and #till cla#*ed in the ar&# o( 9ir"inia and Myr+ella) I
be"an'
!HAPTER NINE
THE !APTAIN/S IRST STORY
1hen I wa# a boy there wa# a bea$ti($l "irl na&ed Ro#a&ond who#e (a&ily e#tate in
York#hire ad0oined o$r own' Tho$"h #he wa# #o&e year# older than I) a clo#e b$t innocent
(eelin" #*ran" $* between $#' I wa# her co&*anion in hor#eback ride#) n$ttin" e5c$r#ion# and
co$ntry *lea#$re#' Thi# inti&acy wa# ke*t $* till #$itor# be"an to a**ear (or her hand) and to
one o( the#e #he wa# (inally &arried and went to li%e in London' Soon a(ter) I wa# #ent away
to #chool' Ro#a&ond) who had now been &arried #o&e ti&e) ke*t a #tandin" in%itation (or &e
to %i#it her' Accordin"ly I #to**ed at her ho$#e one ni"ht on &y road thro$"h London' Her
h$#band wa# away and we had ($ll lei#$re to talk o%er old ti&e#' She had now e5*anded into
an ele"ant wo&an with a (or& well de%elo*ed and wa# a (ine ty*e o( blonde) ro#y-cheeked)
bl$eeyed En"li#h &atron' My boyi#h ad&iration "rew &ore con(ir&ed than e%er' A(ter dinner
wa# o%er and we were #ittin" on the #o(a to"ether we "rew #o con(idential that #he at la#t
$n(olded her tro$ble# to &e' Her h$#band) #he #aid) wa# $n(aith($l2 he had e%en then le(t the
city #o that he &i"ht be with another wo&an' It wa# *robably the (ir#t occa#ion on which #he
had con(ided her tro$ble# to anyone' I hardly $nder#tood what #he &eant' I wa# a# "reen and
innocent a# it wa# *o##ible (or a co$ntry boy to be) b$t when I #aw her tear# I knew #he wa#
$nha**y and I drew her head to &y #ho$lder and ki##ed her' 4.o let &e con#ole yo$)3 I #aid'
My &eanin" wa# innocent b$t #he took it otherwi#e) I know) (or the cri&#on &antled o%er her
neck and cheek#' She #ee&ed to co&e to #o&e #$dden deter&ination) (or #he ret$rned &y
care##e# and ki##e# a"ain and a"ain' It wa# bedti&e2 the #er%ant# had retired' Ro#a&ond be"an
#lowly to loo#en her dre## at the neck) a# i( &akin" what *re*aration# #he &i"ht down#tair#
be(ore retirin"' I "ot a "li&*#e o( two *l$&*) white bo#o&#' Little &ore wa# #aid' 1e both
#at dee*ly thinkin"2 &y tho$"ht# were #till innocent' Then #he drew $* her #kirt# a# ladie#
#o&eti&e# do be(ore retirin" and war&ed her ankle# at the (ire' I "ot a "li&*#e o( two *l$&*
cal%e# that were twice a# bi" a# when we $#ed to ro&* thro$"h the wood# in the co$ntry) b$t I
#at *ro(o$ndly #till' /Geor"e)3 #he #aid) at len"th ri#in") 4I (eel lone#o&e toni"ht and yo$ &ay
#lee* with &e i( yo$ will'/ /I( yo$ will not tell on &e)3 #aid I) thinkin" I wa# too bi" a boy to
#lee* with a wo&an any &ore' /Yo$ can tr$#t &e (or that)3 #he re*lied) and led the way
$*#tair#' I told her I tho$"ht I wo$ld $ndre## in &y own roo&) which I did and then
#hee*i#hly ca&e and "ot into bed with her' She recei%ed &e in a clo#e e&brace2 &y (ra&e
wa# cla#*ed in her #o(t) white ar&#' Two thickne##e# o( linen only #e*arated it (ro& her
"lowin" (or& and o$r li*# &et in a lon") delicio$# ki##' Then) (or the (ir#t ti&e) de#ire #hot
thro$"h &y &arrow and I (elt &y #ha(t #ti((en a"ain#t her belly' I knew now what #he wanted'
1hat a tri$&*h it wo$ld be to "rati(y her and &in"le &y thin blood with the bea$ti($l wo&an
in &y e&brace) (or #$ch wa# &y i"norant idea o( the #e5$al connection2 b$t to &in"le with
her) to *o$r &y whole bein" into her wa# what nat$re i&*et$o$#ly de&anded o( &e' I no
lon"er he#itated to li(t her che&i#e and "et on to* o( her' My naked loin# #ank between her
naked thi"h#2 &y (ace wa# b$ried in her bo#o&#' How it "ot in I do not know) b$t &y #ha(t
wa# taken in to the hilt with a #en#ation &ore #weet than had e%er entered &y i&a"ination to
concei%e' I tried to "et it in dee*er2 there wa# *lenty o( de*th $n#o$nded) b$t) tho$"h #he
hel*ed &e with her cla#*ed ar&#) it wo$ld reach no ($rther' I *$#hed and *$#hed with all &y
&i"ht to do #o&ethin") I knew not what) when Ro#a&ond "a%e a dee* #i"h and lay *er(ectly
#till'
/Ha%e I h$rt yo$) dear Ro#a&ond73 I an5io$#ly a#ked' She b$r#t into a &erry la$"h' 4Get
o(( (or a while)3 #he #aid) 4and let $# re#t'/ I did not want to "et o(( at all) b$t I did #o and lay
by her #ide with &y &oi#t and ri"id #ha(t #,$ee+ed $* a"ain#t her *l$&* thi"h' It wa# hal( an
ho$r be(ore #he wo$ld let &e "et in a"ain' I #*ent the ti&e in *a##ionately ki##in" her cheek#)
li*# and bo#o&# and e5*lorin" all the #ecret# o( her *er#on with &y hand#' She "a%e the
#i"nal by *artially li(tin" &e) and a"ain I #ank $*on her %ol$*t$o$# (or&' My #ha(t wa#
en"$l(ed at the (ir#t thr$#t) I ra*idly *l$n"ed it in a"ain and a"ain) now "$idin" it a"ain#t one
#ide and then a"ain#t the other #ide o( her "a*in" #heath' The heat and the &oi#t$re were &ore
delicio$# than be(ore' I (elt #o&ethin" lea%in" &y loin#2 it 0etted (ro& &y cre#t and wa# lo#t in
the *ro($#e &oi#t$re that ro#e $* in Ro#a&ond' I "a%e a "roan o( ec#ta#y which e5*lained to
&e the dee* #i"h# #he a"ain hea%ed) and then I knew no &ore' 1hen I beca&e con#cio$#
a"ain #he wa# #tandin" o%er &e #*rinklin" water in &y (ace' /How yo$ ha%e (ri"htened &e)3
#he #aid' 4Yo$ lay #o #till and yo$ looked #o *ale'/ /I only want to lie ,$iet in yo$r ar&#)3 I
#aid' She (olded &e tenderly in her ar&# and I went directly to #lee* with &y head *illowed
on her bo#o& and &y hand between her thi"h#' 1e were %irt$o$# ne5t &ornin"' She had
*l$cked the (r$it be(ore it wa# ri*e and none had "rown in the ni"ht to re*lace it' My #ha(t
wo$ld not #ti((en at the biddin" o( her war&e#t ki##e#' A(ter break(a#t the coach dro%e $* (or
&e and I went o(( to #chool' I %i#ited Ro#a&ond/# ho$#e &any ti&e# a(ter that b$t #he ne%er
a"ain wo$ld allow &e to take the #li"hte#t liberty with her) not e%en a ki## at &eetin" or
*artin"' Her h$#band had re(or&ed and #he had no &ore wron"# to "oad her into retaliation'
/I think)3 #aid Ine+) 4it wa# a #ha&e (or a &arried wo&an to #ed$ce an innocent boy'/ /How
nice it &$#t ha%e been)3 #aid Anna) 4to take a #weet yo$n" (ellow/# &aidenhead'/ /.o tell
another #tory) !a*tain)3 #aid Helene' /.o)3 echoed all the other#'
!HAPTER TEN
THE !APTAIN/S SE!ON. STORY
1hen I arri%ed at the a"e o( #i5teen I wa# #till a #lender #tri*lin") b$t) ha%in" an intri"$e
with a lady/# &aid) I (ancied &y#el( ,$ite a &an o( the world' One e%enin" I attended the
theatre with #e%eral other yo$n" noble&en' The character o( !leo*atra wa# #*lendidly
#$#tained by an actre## o( Iri#h birth who& I will call !harlotte' She wa# o( colo##al #i+e) b$t
o( *er(ect *ro*ortion#' The dark co&*le5ion o( her lo%ely (ace &ade her a "ood
re*re#entation o( the E"y*tian ,$een) who#e %ol$*t$o$# *er#on and a&oro$# nat$re #he
delineated #o (inely that e%ery &an in the ho$#e wa# carried away2 yet thi# &a"ni(icent
wo&an wa# nearly (i(ty' Her *ower($l con#tit$tion had tri$&*hed o%er ti&e' A(ter the *lay
wa# o%er we went into the "reen roo& and I wa# introd$ced to her' The char& o( her *er#on
and (or& lo#t nothin" on a near a**roach) tho$"h I detected one or two #il%er thread# in her
"lo##y hair' Her eye# had the brilliant #*arkle o( yo$th) her li*# were *l$&* and red and her
teeth were a# white a# *earl#' A# #oon a# #he heard &y na&e #he &ani(e#ted dee* intere#t2 a
tender li"ht ca&e into her eye# and the colo$r hei"htened in her cheek# a# #he be"an to talk o(
&y (ather' Now I had heard o( the tro$ble &y (ather "a%e hi# (riend# in hi# yo$th by hi#
in(at$ation (or an actre##' I co$ld no lon"er do$bt that #he #tood be(ore &e' !harlotte/# na&e
wa# (ree (ro& #candal:re&arkably #o (or an actre##' Perha*# her liai#on with &y (ather had
been her only (olly' /.o "i%e a little #$**er *arty a(ter the theatre which will &eet in &y
roo&)3 #he a#ked &e' I *ro&i#ed to do #o) and accordin"ly &et there a (ew actor# and *atron#
o( the theatre' 1e had a &ode#t #$**er where wit) not wine) rei"ned' I #at ne5t to !harlotte
who #ee&ed hardly able to take her eye# o(( &e'
1hen the "$e#t# ro#e to "o) I lin"ered at the door) and they went witho$t noticin" that I
re&ained' The i&*$l#e wa# &$t$al to cla#* each other in o$r ar&#' /Oh) how I wi#h that yo$
had been &y #on8 It o$"ht to ha%e been #o'/ I wa# in no &ood to be &ade a baby o(' The "rand
%ol$*t$o$# (or& o( the ,$eenly actre## aro$#ed (ar other e&otion# when it wa# (olded to
&ine' /I# thi# yo$r bedroo&73 #aid I) drawin" her toward# the door' /or #ha&e) Geor"ie)3 #he
#aid) a# a cri&#on bl$#h #*read (ro& her cheek# to her #*lendid bo#o&#' She wa# in the
co#t$&e o( !leo*atra) o%er which #he had thrown a lon" &antle a(ter the *lay' Thi# &antle
had (allen o((' It wa# e%ident that #he had intended no a##i"nation (or #he &o%ed rel$ctantly to
the door:b$t #he ret$rned the *a##ionate ki## I *lanted ($ll on her &o$th' So co&&andin"
wa# her hei"ht that #he had to #too* #li"htly to do it' A# #oon a# we entered the bedroo& #he
#at down on the bed and co%ered her (ace with her hand#' I took the o**ort$nity to di%e#t
&y#el( o( &o#t o( &y clothe# and then I #tole $* to her and ki##ed her naked and &a##i%e
#ho$lder' She ro#e to her (eet and) takin" &e in her #tron" ar&# a# i( I were an in(ant) #he
walked back and (orth acro## the roo& with &e' /Oh8 Geor"ie) Geor"ie)3 #he cried' 4Thi# i#
al&o#t ince#t) b$t I can deny yo$ nothin":I) who ha%e allowed no &an to e&brace &e #ince
tho#e delicio$# day# o( lon" a"o'/ She #till carried &e in her ar&#) walkin" to and (ro' My (ace
wa# in contact with her "reat bo#o&#) each o( which wa# a# lar"e a# &y head' A# I
*a##ionately ki##ed the&) &y ri"ht hand dro**ed to her thi"h#) (ro& which it *arted the loo#e
oriental dra*ery and (o$nd in it a #ha""y &a## o( c$rl#' Searchin" to the botto& o( the#e it
(o$nd a *air o( &oi#t) war& li*#' I li(ted &y (ace (ro& her bo#o& to &eet her# and we
e5chan"ed a ki##' It di((ered (ro& tho#e #he had hereto(ore "i%en &e' It wa# a# %ol$*t$o$# a#
&y own and wa# *rolon"ed $ntil I (elt her other li*#) which &y hand wa# #earchin") be"in to
#well and "row hot' !harlotte carried &e ra*idly to the bed' Her &ood wa# chan"ed (ro&
&aternal tenderne## to (iery *a##ion' She laid &e $*on &y back and #*ran" $*on &e' She
(olded &e in her "reat &$#c$lar ar&#2 her *ondero$# thi"h# #ettled on &y own' I&&en#e a#
they were) they were a# a yo$n" "irl/#' It wa# her hand which "$ided &y ri"id #ha(t a&id the
thick *ro($#ion o( hair till it wa# (airly entered and ra&&ed to the hilt by the %ibration o( her
*ower($l loin#' So (ir&ly wa# I *inned to the bed by her "reat wei"ht that I co$ld not &o%e' I
(elt a# i( I were abo$t to be ra%i#hed like a wo&an' It wa# a no%el #en#ation and char&in" a# it
wa# no%el' !harlotte #$ddenly t$rned o%er on her back witho$t rela5in" her hold in the lea#t
$*on &e' I (o$nd &y#el( on to* o( her) b$t #he wa# #till &a#ter o( the #it$ation' Her ar&# and
le"# were wra**ed #o ti"ht aro$nd &e that &y bone# (airly cracked' It wa# the ra*id
$nd$lation o( her loin# alone that &o%ed o$r clo#ely 0oined (or&#' Her &o$th wa# (a#tened on
&ine a# i( #he wa# abo$t to de%o$r &e2 her bi" wo&b *re##ed a"ain#t &y cre#t' I (elt the cri#i#
co&in" o%erwhel&in"ly in the *ower($l e&brace in which I wa# held' At thi# &o&ent her
&$#cle# be"an to rela5 with her *ro($#e &eltin" #hower' I #*ent) not with a #tinted 0et) b$t
with *ro($#e "$#he# that &ade a #$itable trib$te to the &a"neti#& o( her &a##i%e bea$ty' The
ra*t$re la#ted &e #o&e ti&e) e%en a(ter I beca&e ner%ele##) and at len"th died i&*erce*tibly
away' /Now) yo$ &$#t "o) yo$ na$"hty boy)3 #aid !harlotte tenderly) ki##in" and #*ankin"
&e' 4In ten &in$te# &ore &y &aid will co&e to $ndre## &e'/
I wa# #carcely able to ri#e (ro& her ar&# a(ter #$ch a lon" and e5ha$#tin" or"a#&' I wa#
like a #,$ee+ed and #$cked oran"e2 &y %i"o$r wa# all "one' It wa# (ort$nate that &y #hi* wa#
to #ail the ne5t day:I wa# a &id#hi*&an $nder &y (ir#t order# and I had to "o' I( the intri"$e
had been *$r#$ed it wo$ld ha%e r$ined her re*$tation and &y health'
/And now) !a*tain) tell $# another)3 wa# the *er#i#tent *etition o( all the ladie#) and I
co&*lied'
!HAPTER ELE9EN
THE !APTAIN/S THIR. STORY
A(ter I had "rown to &anhood) I wa# one #$&&er at a *lace o( *$blic re#ort in the
hi"hland# o( Scotland' One ni"ht a(ter I had "one to bed I heard %oice# clo#e be#ide &e' Then
I noticed that &y head lay clo#e to a door which #e*arated &y roo& (ro& the one ad0oinin" it'
The %oice# were e%idently tho#e o( a yo$n" &arried co$*le in bed and) like &y#el() clo#e to
the door which #e*arated &y roo& (ro& their#' I heard ki##e# and then a #o$nd a# i( the lady/#
b$ttock# were bein" #*anked' Then there wa# a #tr$""le) and then the yo$n" &an/# %oice #aid
in a coa5in" tone) 4Plea#e) dear Alice) do let &e'/ /No) !harlie) yo$ o$"ht to be a#ha&ed o(
yo$r#el(' I a& ri"ht in the &id#t o( &y *eriod and I ha%e been bleedin" all day' 1ait till yo$
co&e ne5t week and yo$ #hall ha%e #o&e) and be #$re and brin" #o&e condo&# with yo$'
There are none le(t and it wo$ld be dread($l to &ake a baby #o #oon' Now lie on yo$r #ide o(
the bed and "o to #lee*: don/t #,$ee+e &y thi"h# that way2 it only &ake# yo$ wor#e'/ The
#weet %oice o( Alice "rew increa#in"ly an"ry' I heard !harlie t$rn o%er and they both #oon
went to #lee*' My *a##ion# were aro$#ed and &y #ha(t "rew ri"id) b$t I lay *er(ectly ,$iet
d$rin" the con%er#ation #o a# to kee* the& in i"norance that they had a li#tener' The ne5t
&ornin" they were near &e at the break(a#t table' Alice wa# a little blonde) the #&alle#t and
yo$n"e#t bride I e%er #aw in Great Britain' She wa# #o #lender and had #$ch lar"e innocent
bl$e eye# that #he looked like a child in wo&an/# dre##' !harlie wa# a yo$n" #$r"eon2 he wa#
abo$t &y own a"e and hi# #i+e and a**earance re#e&bled &y own' A(ter break(a#t he #tarted
(or Edinb$r"h) where he *racti#ed thro$"h the week) ret$rnin" to hi# bride to *a## S$nday#'
.$rin" hi# ab#ence I *aid a##id$o$# attention to Alice) ho*in" to en"a"e her in an intri"$e'
She wa# a li%ely little thin") b$t her li(e wa# all (or !harlie) with who& I co$ld #ee #he wa#
yet dee*ly in lo%e' I beca&e ena&o$red o( her artle## bea$ty' I lon"ed to *o##e## her) i( only
(or one e&brace' Her indi((erence only &ade &e lon" (or her &ore &adly' All the week I
went to bed with a #ti(( and hot #ha(t) clo#e to the little bea$ty b$t $nknown to her' Sat$rday
ni"ht bro$"ht !harlie) all radiant with the *ro&i#e I had o%erheard Alice &ake hi& the week
be(ore' I #at in &y roo& readin" when at early bedti&e they ca&e to their roo&' The ki##e#
they e5chan"ed when the door wa# #h$t were %ery a""ra%atin" to &e' My #ha(t beca&e
*er(ectly ri"id' ;$#t at thi# &o&ent there ca&e a call (or !harlie to "o to a nei"hborin" ha&let
to #et a broken li&b2 with a &$ttered c$r#e he rel$ctantly obeyed the call' I knew it wo$ld
take hi& three ho$r# at lea#t' I li#tened to Alice $ndre##in"2 then I heard the tinkle o( a little
#trea& o( water in crockery2 then #he *$t o$t the li"ht and went to bed' Ni"ht a(ter ni"ht the
little bride had "one to #lee* $ncon#cio$# that #he wa# near &e) and now wa# once &ore
a#lee* a# I co$ld hear (ro& her re"$lar breathin":b$t toni"ht her door wa# $nlocked) waitin"
(or !harlie' 1o$ld it be *o##ible (or &e to i&*er#onate hi&7 The ri#k wo$ld be a terrible one)
b$t the ri"idity o( &y #ha(t *$t an end to rea#on and con#cience' I( I co$ld (ill tho#e "race($l
little loin# o( her# the world &i"ht co&e to an end (or all I cared' I #tole #o(tly in &y #hirt and
drawer# o$t into the corridor and into Alice/# roo&' I cre*t care($lly into bed with her and
took her in &y ar&#' I care##ed her c$nnin" ro$nd bo#o&# and (elt her *l$&* and *oli#hed
thi"h#' They were &$ch lar"er than I had i&a"ined they were #eein" her dre##ed' She had a
(ew little c$rl# between the&) which I wa# daintily (in"erin" when #he woke $*' /So yo$ ha%e
co&e) !harlie)3 #he #aid' or re*ly I (a#tened &y &o$th to her# and we contin$ed
$ninterr$*tedly to e5chan"e ki##e#' She wa# hone#tly ready to "i%e
!harlie what #he had *ro&i#ed hi&' She o*ened her le"# (or the e5*ected char"e and I did
not di#a**oint her' My cre#t entered the delicio$# ti"htne##' /1hat a "reat cl$&#y condo& yo$
ha%e on)3 #he #aid' ro& thi# I in(erred that &y naked #ha(t wa# &$ch bi""er than !harlie/#
with condo& on' I "a%e a *l$n"e that dro%e &y cre#t (ar in a&on" the ,$i%erin" &e&brane#)
(ar $* in her loin#' I wa# in ra*t$re' The b$rnin" &o&ent# re*aid &e (or &y lon"in":and (or
any *o##ible retrib$tion to co&e' She en0oyed it a# &$ch a# I did) 0$d"in" (ro& the increa#ed
ardo$r o( knee# and the &otion o( her thi"h#' I "a%e another *l$n"e #o dee* &at &y #ha(t
#ee&ed to di#t$rb her #lender wai#t and &y cre#t to $* hea%e her bo#o&' /Oh) !harlie)3 #he
#aid) with a dyin" #i"h' Another *l$n"e and the #heath o( the yo$n" bride wa# (looded with
&in"led "$#he#' A &o&ent o( *er(ect #tillne## (ollowed' To &e it wa# a &o&ent o( ine((able
#ati#(action and *er(ect bli##' Then #he #$ddenly #cra&bled (ro& beneath &e' 4The condo&
&$#t ha%e b$r#t83 #he #aid) ha#tily *o$rin" water into &e ba#in and wa#hin" her#el(' Pretty
#oon #he ca&e back to bed and ne#tled in &y ar&#' I *retended to be o%erco&e with
drow#ine## and lan"$or and an#wered two or three o( her ,$e#tion# with an inartic$late) 4Eh7/
The co&*letene## with which #he had &elted wa# #oon e%ident (ro& the dee* #lee* o(
e5ha$#tion into which #he #ank' Then I #tole #ilently (ro& her bed back into &y own) b$t did
not "o to #lee*' I awaited an5io$#ly !harlie/# ret$rn' In d$e ti&e he ca&e' 1hile he wa#
$ndre##in") Alice awoke' I heard her a#k hi& drow#ily) 41hy did yo$ "o o$t73 &eanin" why
had he "ot $* and "one o$t) a(ter he had ret$rned to bed with her'
/I had to "o o$t)3 he re*lied) &eanin" he had had to "o and attend a *ro(e##ional call' She
&$#t ha%e tho$"ht he had a nece##ary occa#ion to "o into the yard' I heard her yawn and t$rn
o%er a# he "ot into bed with her and then the &ore #i"ni(icant #o$nd o( the creakin" o( the bed
which &ade &e &ore 0ealo$#' Thi# wa# (ollowed by !harlie/# dee* #i"h2 then all wa# #till #a%e
the re"$lar breathin" o( the two #lee*er#' It &ade &e ha**y to think Alice had not 0oined in
the #i"hin"' I belie%e thi# "a%e &e &ore *lea#$re than &y #$cce##($l e#ca*e (ro& di#co%ery'
The ne5t &ornin" at break(a#t Alice looked &e ri"ht in the eye with her lar"e) innocent eye#)
*er(ectly $ncon#cio$# that b$t a (ew ho$r# be(ore #he had ra*t$ro$#ly &elted in &y ar&#'
/1hat a #ha&e83 #aid Ine+' /There wa# no har& done a(ter all)3 #aid Anna' /1ell) then)3 #aid
I) 4li#ten to another #tory' Perha*# thi# will *lea#e yo$ all'/
!HAPTER T1EL9E
THE !APTAIN/S O=RTH STORY
.$rin" one o( &y #tay# in *ort) &y $ncle) who wa# a &e&ber o( the &ini#try) needed a
con(idential &e##en"er to one o( the Ger&an co$rt#' I acce*ted the &i##ion with *lea#$re' The
b$#ine## took &e b$t a (ew day#) d$rin" which I &in"led in the (e#ti%itie# o( the co$rt' The
#o%erei"n wa# %ery "racio$# to &e2 hi# #*o$#e I did not #ee) tho$"h it wa# #aid #he wa# in the
"allery o( the dinin" hall d$rin" one o( the #tate dinner# at which I wa# *re#ent' It wa# known
to all when I wa# to ret$rn and on the e%enin" be(ore I #tarted I had declined #e%eral
in%itation# that I &i"ht "et ready to "o' ;$#t at ni"ht(all I recei%ed the (ollowin" #in"$lar note6
A lady #end# her co&*li&ent# to Lord Geor"e Herbert and be"# that he will call at No' ABB):
Street' I he#itated what to do all the ti&e I wa# en0oyin" &y a(ter-dinner ci"ar) b$t I (inally
*$t a *i#tol in &y *ocket and *roceeded to the *lace na&ed' It wa# a neat ho$#e in a
re#*ectable #treet' I wa# recei%ed at the door by a nice elderly lady and $#hered into a well b$t
*lainly ($rni#hed roo&' She thanked &e (or bein" #o kind a# to co&e' /I ha%e recei%ed yo$ at
the door &y#el()3 #he #aid) 4beca$#e I tho$"ht be#t to ha%e &y #er%ant away' It i# a #tran"e
re,$e#t I ha%e to &ake o( yo$) b$t yo$r re*$tation (or "allantry i# known to &e' May I rely on
yo$r hono$r to kee* it #ecret) whether yo$ "rant it or not7/ I a##$red her #he &i"ht' /My (o#ter
da$"hter) who& I dearly lo%e)3 #he #aid) 4i# &arried) b$t the $nion ha# not been ble#t with
children' Her h$#band i# %ery de#iro$# o( ha%in" an heir' He bla&e# her %ery $n0$#tly and i#
&akin" her li(e wretched) (or #he lo%e# hi&' She can end$re hi# re*roache# no lon"er' I ha%e
known it wa# not her (a$lt and I ha%e ad%i#ed her to do what nece##ary to "et an heir' Now)
&y lord) ha%e I ad%i#ed her ri"htly7/
/Perha*# #o)3 #aid I) 4b$t what ha%e I "ot to do with it7 I a& abo$t to lea%e thi# city
to&orrow) *robably ne%er to #ee it a"ain'/ /That i# the %ery rea#on)3 #he #aid) 4that I ha%e
in%ited yo$ to co&e here to &eet her' She ha# #een yo$ and wi#he# that heir to inherit yo$r
noble blood and hand#o&e *er#on and) thi# once acco&*li#hed) ne%er to #ee or be #een by it#
#ire (or the de#ire (or an heir and not wantonne## ha# in(l$enced her' .o yo$ con#ent7/ /I &$#t
#ee the lady)3 I re*lied' /She wo$ld die o( &orti(ication i( yo$ #ho$ld #ee her and re0ect her)3
#aid the old lady) 4b$t there i# no (ear o( that' I( yo$ are *lea#ed with her) "o $* and ki## her
hand when I *re#ent yo$'3 She then cond$cted &e $*#tair# and o*en the cha&ber door' A lady
wa# #tandin" in the centre o( the roo& lookin" ti&idly at &e a# I entered' A# #oon a# I #aw the
lady I loo#ened &y "ra#* on the *i#tol which I had in &y *ocket' All (ear o( treachery
%ani#hed (ro& &y &ind and another #enti&ent i&&ediately took it# *lace' I a**roached her
and ki##ed her hand' The old lady #h$t the door and retired' I wa# alone with a wo&an not in
(act bea$ti($l) b$t %ery intere#tin"' Her (i"$re wa# (ine and her (eat$re#) tho$"h irre"$lar)
were *lea#in"' Her look (ell to the car*et2 the en#i"n o( &ode#ty war&ed on her cheek#)
receded and *aled) then #howed a"ain &ore ro#y than be(ore' Her hand tre&bled in &ine' Her
attire &ade no acce##ion to her a**earance' She wa# dre##ed in *lain &$#lin witho$t an
orna&ent and her hair wa# *lainly br$#hed2 b$t there wa# that in her air which con%inced &e
that #he wa# a lady) and that too in an e&barra##in" *o#ition' /air lady)3 #aid I) 4yo$r choice
ha# (allen on one who can a**reciate yo$r delicacy) notwith#tandin" the #tran"e
circ$&#tance# which bro$"ht yo$ to thi#'3 A "rate($l #&ile li"hted (or an in#tant her (ine (ace)
b$t #he in%ol$ntarily a%erted her cheek (ro& the ki## I *re##ed $*on it' She did not re*ly) nor
did #he #*eak once d$rin" the whole inter%iew' By thi# ti&e I (elt that the ta#k o( "ettin" her
with child wo$ld be the &o#t a"reeable one that had e%er (allen to &y lot to *er(or&' She
#tood *a##i%e in a dee* re%erie) lookin" al&o#t $ncon#cio$# while I $n(a#tened her dre## and
let it (all to the (loor' Her $nder"ar&ent# were o( the (ine#t lawn and lace' The #t$d that
(a#tened her che&i#e wa# a lar"e dia&ond) which only con(ir&ed &y o*inion #he wa# a lady
o( hi"h #tation' I ki##ed her bea$ti($l white bo#o&# which were now di#clo#ed' She awoke
(ro& her re%erie with another dee* bl$#h and) "oin" to the other #ide o( the bed) #he took o((
her #hoe# with her back to &e) #o that I did not "et a "li&*#e o( one (inely t$rned ankle' Then
#he dro**ed o(( her *etticoat and "ot into bed) co%erin" her#el( $*) (ace and all' I #oon
$ndre##ed and (ollowed' I took her in &y ar&# and ki##ed her tenderly' Tho$"h #he #$((ered
&y li*# to re%el on her ri*e &o$th) her li*# did not &o%e to ret$rn &y ki##e#' My hand#
wandered o%er all *art# o( her (ine (or&' A# lon" a# they lin"ered on her bo#o&# #he wa#
*a##i%e) b$t when I *layed too wantonly with the c$rl# at her loin#) #he "rew re#tle##' I wa#
e5cited by her &ode#ty to the hi"he#t *itch o( de#ire' I drew her $nre#i#tin" (or& beneath &e
and) *artin" her thi"h#) &y cre#t entered the Ely#ian ield#:indeed the *ro&i#ed 0oy o( the
Ely#ian ield# wo$ld not ha%e te&*ted &e to withdraw it' It entered where it wa# #$rro$nded
by &oi#t) clin"in" ti##$e# ali%e with a((inity to it# #en#iti%e to$ch' Still #he lay *a##i%e' I *$t
&y ar&# $nder the #&all o( her back and) holdin" her (ir&ly) "a%e a *l$n"e which #ent &y
cre#t $ntil it to$ched her wo&b' She co$ld no lon"er re(rain (ro& &ani(e#tin" her deli"ht2 #he
wra**ed her ar&# aro$nd &e' I "a%e another thr$#t which $n#ealed the (o$ntain o( &y "lan#)
and then another which *lanted the "$#hin" #*er& in the &id#t o( her loin#' She held &y (ace
between her hand# and "a+ed entranced with her eye# while the li(e-"i%in" (l$id da#hed
a"ain#t her wo&b' She &elted while #he "a+ed and *$t $* her li*# (or the (ir#t and only ki##
#he e5chan"ed with &e' O$r li*# were "l$ed to"ether till the la#t dro* trickled (ro& &y cre#t)
and the thrillin" ra*t$re #lowly (aded and le(t &e nearly li(ele## in her ar&#' The li(e which
#he had ra%i#hed (ro& &e co$ld hardly (ail to ,$icken in her wo&b) and her &eltin" "a+e a#
#he re%iewed the& co$ld hardly (ail to #ta&* the na#cent li(e with &y (eat$re#' 1e lay
*er(ectly #till (or a lon" ti&e2 then the door o*ened and the old lady called &e' I "ot $* to #ee
what #he wanted' /Yo$ &$#t "o now)3 #he #aid' I told her I co$ld not bear to lea%e &y
char&in" co&*anion' 4Yo$ will $ndo what I ho*e yo$ ha%e done i( yo$ #tay lon"er'3 Then
#he whi#*ered) 4I do not wi#h to #tartle her) b$t there i# dan"er o( di#co%ery' Lie *er(ectly #till
on yo$r back) darlin")3 #he added to the lady in bed) 4and it will be a (ine boy'/ I dre##ed and
#te**ed to the bed#ide' The #heet wa# drawn2 her (orehead alone wa# %i#ible' I ki##ed it and
withdrew' The old lady #oon (ollowed &e and *$t a rin" into &y hand a# #he di#&i##ed &e
ha#tily (ro& the (ront door' 4She be"# yo$ to acce*t it in token o( her ad&iration and re#*ect'
Her lo%e i# all (or her h$#band'/ I #ho$ld not ha%e acce*ted it i( I had #een) a# I did on
reachin" ho&e) that it wa# a dia&ond worth tho$#and#' On the in#ide o( the rin" were
en"ra%ed the word#) IN HONO=R''' I le(t the city) a# had been anno$nced) on the (i#t
&ornin" train' Be(ore *roceedin" (ar we &et with an accident' No one wa# in0$red) b$t we
wo$ld ha%e to wait (or the a(ternoon train' I took a carria"e and rode back to the city rather
than kick &y heel#' A# we a**roached the &ain #treet we co$ld not cro##' 1e had to *a$#e) to
allow the corte"e o( the #o%erei"n to *a##' By hi# #ide wa# #ittin" hi# a$"$#t #*o$#e' It wa# the
lady with who& I had lain the ni"ht be(ore' She #$**o#ed &e (ar on &y 0o$rney or #he wo$ld
not ha%e le(t the #ecl$#ion o( her *alace' She rode $ncon#cio$# o( the *re#ence o( the &an
who#e #eed wa# e%en then "er&inatin" in her wo&b' It i# #i5 &onth# #ince then' The
new#*a*er# which we recei%ed at *ort a (ew day# a"o anno$nce that there i# "reat re0oicin" in
a certain ca*ital city' The a$"$#t #*o$#e o( the #o%erei"n i# in an intere#tin" condition'
/Yo$ #ee what yo$ ha%e "ot to e5*ect) Ine+)3 #aid Anna' 4Yo$) I and Myr+ella' 1hat will
the black-eyed Pa#ha #ay i( three bl$e-eyed babie# are born the #a&e ni"ht in the hare&7/ The
ladie# la$"hed and then be"an tea#in" (or another #tory' /One o( yo$ &$#t tell it then)3 #aid I'
1hen they (o$nd that I wo$ld tell no &ore) en,$irie# were &ade (or the #car(' 9ir"inia
*rod$ced it and threw it to a lady #he called El ;eli#) (ro& Arabia' She) like Anna) wa# %ery
tall and #lender) b$t there all re#e&blance between the& cea#ed' The Arab "irl had hair and
eye# a# black a# 0et) and #kin the colo$r o( rich crea&' She took the #car( and #hook it o$t to
it# ($ll len"th) di#*layin" the #*ot# where <$leika/# blood had #tained it' /Yo$ will e5c$#e &e
i( I "i%e yo$ a dance in#tead o( a #tory)3 #he #aid) #*rin"in" li"htly to her (eet and wa%in" the
lon" thin (abric hi"h o%er her head' She acco&*anied the wa%in" &otion with the &o#t
bea$ti($l dancin" I e%er #aw'
Her #lender b$t (ir&ly ro$nded li&b# #ee&ed to (loat thro$"h the air' Her little (eet ca&e to
the car*et with a to$ch too li"ht to cr$#h a ro#e *etal' Her #hinin" black hair wa# $nbo$nd and
reached to her ankle#2 it (loated (ro& #ide to #ide a# #he danced like a clo$d' Her &otion
witho$t lo#in" it# "race beca&e &ore ra*id2 the colo$r ca&e to her cheek#2 her lar"e) l$#tro$#)
black eye# (la#hed (ro& $nder the dark la#he#' Still the dance beca&e &ore ra*id' Her ro$nd
bo#o&# did not e%en ,$i%er) #o (ree (ro& any 0ar wa# e%ery "race($l #*rin"' At la#t her whole
(or& #ee&ed to (loat in the air) then one toe li"htly to$ched the car*et and the other *ointed to
the ceilin" directly o%er her head' or an in#tant between her naked thi"h# wa# di#clo#ed a
lon") cri&#on "a#h and the *arted c$rl#' In another in#tant #he wa# #tandin" $*ri"ht and
&otionle## be(ore &e' Her hand# were (olded on her bo#o&# and her head bowed in oriental
#$b&i##ion' Her hair #lowly cea#ed to wa%e and (ell to her ankle# in a %eil' /It wa# %ery
"race($l) &y char&in" El ;eli#)3 #aid I) 4b$t I cannot let yo$ o(( (ro& yo$r #tory'/ /My #tory i#
#o di#"race($l that I cannot look yo$ in the (ace and tell it)3 #he #aid and) t$rnin" with her
back toward# &e) the bea$ti($l "irl told the (ollowin" #tory'
!HAPTER THIRTEEN
THE ARABIAN LA.Y/S STORY
I wa# born in the do&inion# o( the I&a& o( Ye&en' 1hen I wa# #i5teen year# old I wa#
#elected by one o( hi# e&i##arie# (or the I&a&/# hare&' My *arent# were well *lea#ed with
&y *re(er&ent) and I #et o$t (ro& ho&e with "irli#h "lee' On bein" introd$ced to the hare& I
wa# bathed and ele"antly dre##ed2 then I wa# led to a roo& where the I&a& wa# #ittin"
con%er#in" with hi# ladie#' He wa# an old &an with a co$ntenance indicatin" a (eeble
character' The con%er#ation #howed the #$*re&acy which wa# e5erci#ed o%er hi& by hi# wi(e)
Aye#ha) a %ery (at lady) who#e cor*$lence #ee&ed to be her only char&' A(ter a while the
I&a& be"an to look at &e a "reat deal) which I co$ld #ee #he noticed' At la#t he called &e to
hi# #ide) where I #tood with hi# bare ar& aro$nd &y wai#t) an#werin" hi# ,$e#tion#' Hi# ar&
"rad$ally lowered and I (elt hi# hand $nder &y *etticoat' I #$**o#e he tho$"ht the other ladie#
did not #ee hi&) (or I wa# #tandin" %ery clo#e to hi# #ide' The eye# o( Aye#ha) howe%er) were
on the alert2 they (la#hed with an"er' The I&a&/# hand e5*lored &y thi"h#) and at la#t hi#
(in"er entered a *lace where no &an had e%er be(ore to$ched &e' It (elt it# way care($lly in
and #oon &et with an ob#tr$ction' The *re##$re $*on it) tho$"h #li"ht) wa# %ery di#a"reeable
to &e) b$t I did not dare to re*$l#e the I&a&' 1hat I did not dare to do Aye#ha did' 4Yo$r
Hi"hne##)3 #aid #he) 4ha# *ro&i#ed to *re#ent a %ir"in to the S$ltan o( M$#cat2 I think thi# one
will do in de(a$lt o( any better'/ /Ye#) #he i# a %ir"in)3 he #aid) *artly an#werin" her and *artly
"i%in" %ent to hi# own tho$"ht#' /Shall I order the chie( e$n$ch to #ee to her73 #aid Aye#ha'
The I&a& "a%e a lon" look at &e) then he looked at the black th$nder clo$d on the brow o(
Aye#ha) (ro& beneath which her eye# were (la#hin"' /Ye#)3 he #aid) 4yo$ &ay "i%e the order'/ I
#$**o#ed the "race($l char& which rewarded hi# obedience wa# in *o##e##ion o( #o&e #tate
#ecret which controlled hi&:or it &ay ha%e been her te&*er' The ne5t day I wa# on the road
to M$#cat) where) a(ter #e%eral day#3 0o$rney) I wa# d$ly *re#ented' The S$ltan recei%ed hi#
*re#ent %ery "racio$#ly' I heard hi& #ay a bale o( rich "ood# #ho$ld be ret$rned to &y (or&er
lord' Then he ordered the (e&ale #la%e# to care (or &e %ery tenderly' They bathed &e and
*er($&ed &e and dre##ed &e in the riche#t a**arel and 0ewellery) then they led &e to a
#$&*t$o$# re*a#t:they co$ld not do too &$ch (or &e) who& their lord deli"hted to hono$r'
A(ter #$**er the S$ltan ca&e into the wo&en/# a*art&ent#' I had learned (ro& the #la%e "irl#
that ati&a wa# hi# (a%o$rite wi(e' She wa# a bea$ti($l wo&an) b$t I (o$nd a(terward# that
#he had a cr$el and *itile## heart' She did not #ee& to care (or the attention# the S$ltan
la%i#hed on &e' I e%en tho$"ht there wa# a "lea& o( #ati#(action on her co$ntenance a# he led
&e to a re&ote *art o( the hare&' 1e *a##ed thro$"h two or three door# $ntil nothin" co$ld
be heard o( the #o$nd# o( &$#ic or con%er#ation we had 0$#t le(t' 1e were now in a rich
a*art&ent with an ele"ant bed' A# I wa# #o&ewhat a"itated the S$ltan #at on a #o(a be#ide &e
and be"an to #oothe &e' Hi# *er#on wa# a"reeable and I be"an to en0oy hi# con%er#ation' I
knew what wa# co&in") b$t I neither de#ired nor dreaded it &$ch' /Now *lea#e $ndre##
yo$r#el()3 he #aid' I obeyed at once) takin" o(( e%erythin" b$t &y che&i#e2 in the &eanti&e he
had #tri**ed #tark naked' It &ade &y heart beat %iolently a# I looked (or the (ir#t ti&e on a
&an/# #ha(t ready (or action' He ca&e and $nb$ttoned &y che&i#e and let it dro* to the (loor'
I co%ered &y (ace with &y hand#' He li(ted &e and laid &y back on the bed clo#e to the ed"e
o( it and knelt on the (loor be#ide &e' Then he #*read &y thi"h# wide a*art and o*ened the
li*# between the& and &ade a critical e5a&ination o( &y %ir"inity' 4By Allah83 he e5clai&ed)
4a cre#cent-#ha*ed &aidenhead' It brin"# "ood l$ck to the ca*tor8/ /I a& "lad it *lea#e# yo$)
&y lord)3 #aid I) ti&idly' The S$ltan "a%e a #$dden cry o( a"ony and (ell acro## &e' I took &y
hand# (ro& &y (ace and #aw ati&a holdin" a #hawl ti"htly aro$nd hi# head while a &an
who& I had ne%er #een wa# dri%in" a da""er into hi# body with re*eated blow#' I tried to call
o$t) b$t &y %oice wa# (ro+en with horror' /.are to &ake a noi#e)3 #aid ati&a) 4and yo$ #hall
#hare hi# (ate'/ I knelt to *lead (or &y li(e) b$t they took no ($rther notice o( &e till they had
#ati#(ied the&#el%e# that the S$ltan wa# dead' ati&a (l$n" the co%er# o%er the body' /Let &e
be the (ir#t to con"rat$late yo$ a# S$ltan o( M$#cat)3 #he #aid) t$rnin" to her co&*anion' /The
&o#t bea$ti($l wo&an in M$#cat ha# the ri"ht to con"rat$late &e)3 he #aid' Then he t$rned
toward# &e) let hi# eye# ro%e o%er &y naked (or& and addre##ed #o&e #oothin" word# to &e'
/Ha%e the decency to *$t on yo$r clothe# and (ollow &e) h$##y)3 #aid ati&a' 1hile I wa#
dre##in" the S$ltan *arted with ati&a) (ir#t "i%in" her #o&e in#tr$ction# abo$t the hare& to
carry o$t while he went to con(ir& hi# a$thority with the troo*#'
The con#*iracy at the crownin" act) at which I wa# *re#ent) wa# *er(ectly #$cce##($l) and
the new S$ltan rei"ned witho$t o**o#ition' ati&a wa# ab#ol$te in the hare&' She ke*t &e a#
&$ch a# *o##ible o$t o( #i"ht o( the new S$ltan) tho$"h #he allowed hi& to ha%e (ree acce##
to the other wo&en' He took e%ery o**ort$nity to #*eak to &e) b$t I a%oided hi& with horror'
I co$ld not (or"et the #cene o( the a##a##ination' One e%enin" a(ter he had been &ore
*er#i#tent in hi# attention#) ati&a called &e into a roo& alone' She told &e to lie down on
the bed) and) when I had obeyed her) #he t$rned &y *etticoat# $* o%er &y head' I wa# #o
a(raid o( the bea$ti($l ti"re## that I dared not #tir2 I only be""ed (or &ercy' /Lie #till) I #hall
not h$rt yo$)3 #he #aid) and) ha%in" *$lled &y thi"h# a*art) #he o*ened &y #heath with her
(in"er#' I heard the 4click3 o( #ci##or# and (elt a #li"ht b$t keen *ain' I *$t &y hand
in%ol$ntarily to the *lace and (elt that &y &aidenhead wa# "one' /Now)3 #he #aid) 4yo$ will
not *lay yo$r art# on the S$ltan any &ore on *retence o( bein" a %ir"in'/ I b$r#t into tear# o(
&orti(ication and an"er and went into &y roo& with the blood tricklin" down &y thi"h#' The
ne5t e%enin" the S$ltan ca&e into the wo&en/# a*art&ent#' ati&a ha#tily ordered &e (ro&
the roo& on #o&e errand' /.on/t be too har#h with the *oor &aid)3 he #aid' /Maid83 #he
retorted) conte&*t$o$#ly' 4She ha# lain with hal( the yo$n" &en in Ye&en'/ /I will &atch yo$r
wa"er on that)3 he #aid'
/9ery well)3 #he #aid' 4I( yo$ are ri"ht yo$ #hall lie with her toni"ht' I( I a& ri"ht I will
di#*o#e o( her'/ Thi# con%er#ation wa# carried on in a low tone) b$t I o%erheard it' She aro#e
and bade &e (ollow her' The S$ltan ca&e a(ter $# to the bedroo&' /Now (eel the h$##y)3 #he
#aid) 4and #ati#(y yo$r#el('/ The S$ltan) br$te a# he wa#) wa# %ery &$ch e&barra##ed' B$t he
drew &e toward# hi&) *$t hi# hand# $nder &y clothe# and with hi# (in"er #ati#(ied hi&#el(
that &y &aidenhead wa# "one' I wa# then di#&i##ed with &y cheek# (la&in" with ra"e and
#ha&e) and then the two de%il# *a##ed the ni"ht to"ether' Once &ore a(ter thi# the S$ltan
#o$"ht an o**ort$nity to be alone with &e) which I ba((led' ati&a/# keen eye# detected hi&
and &y (ate wa# #ealed' That e%enin" I wa# #ei+ed in &y roo& by the e$n$ch#) bo$nd and
"a""ed and #ewn in a #ack' A(ter bein" carried a #hort di#tance in #ilence) the creakin" o( a
boat and the ri**lin" o( water re%ealed to &e the aw($l doo& to which I wa# to be con#i"ned'
I co$ld not &o%e2 I co$ld not call' I wa# li(ted and (l$n" into the water and heard a boat row
away' I #ettled #lowly $nder the wa%e#) and) a# &y clothe# beca&e #at$rated) the water
reached &y no#tril#' I &ade in ho*ele## a"ony a *rayer to Allah2 a# i( in an#wer to it I heard
the #troke o( oar#' They beca&e lo$der and lo$der till the water #ettled o%er &e and I knew no
&ore' I ret$rned to con#cio$#ne## lyin" in the botto& o( a boat) the #weet &oonli"ht
#trea&in" in &y (ace and the eye# o( a yo$n" &an "a+in" earne#tly into &y own' He &$#t
ha%e been *lea#ed with what he #aw there' 4Sweet ho$ri o( *aradi#e) #he li%e#)3 he #aid) in a
tender and &anly tone'
Hi# attention# were $nre&ittin" $ntil I wa# ($lly re#tored and &y l$n"# (reed (ro& water'
Then he arran"ed &e in the botto& o( the boat with hi# coat (or a *illow' 4Lie clo#e) we &ay
be ob#er%ed)3 he #aid' He rowed #ilently to #hore in the #$b$rb# o( the city where he had a
little dwellin") which we reached witho$t ob#er%ation and to which he &ade &e welco&e' He
o((ered &e in the &o#t delicate &anner #o&e clothin" o( hi# own $ntil &ine co$ld be dried'
Then he cooked &e a nice &eal) and a(ter I wa# th$# re(re#hed we con%er#ed witho$t re#er%e'
He li#tened to &y #tory with hi# (ace bea&in" with co&*a##ion2 it li"hted with 0oy when I
allowed hi& to in(er that &y *er#on a# well a# heart wa# #till to be di#*o#ed o( a# (ar a# any
&an wa# concerned' I e&*ha#i#ed &an (or I tho$"ht o( the (iendi#h and 0ealo$# ra*e ati&a
had acco&*li#hed' Ha##an) (or that wa# hi# na&e) #oon told hi# #tory' He had co&e into the
city to #eek hi# (ort$ne and had been dri%en to #&$""lin" to obtain a li%elihood' It wa# while
on the alert at thi# %ocation that he had been able to #a%e &e' 41e &$#t (ly be(ore &ornin")3
he #aid) 4i( we wo$ld be #a(e'/ He wo$ld be the ha**ie#t &an in the world i( I co$ld #$((er hi&
to take &e to hi# de#ert ho&e' So &$ch kindne## a(ter #o &$ch cr$elty co&*letely won &y
heart' He read &y a##ent in &y eye# and) ki##in" &e tenderly) went o$t to &ake hi#
*re*aration# to "o' 1e were #oon both &o$nted on a #in"le hor#e and &ile# away (ro&
M$#cat' 1e had been an ho$r on the road and were #till borne alon" at the #a&e $n(la""in"
"allo*' Ha##an held &e in (ront o( hi& like a baby in hi# ar&#) o(ten ki##in" &e) hi# ki##e#
con#tantly "rowin" &ore ardent $ntil I (elt hi# #ti(( #ha(t *re##in" a"ain#t &y *er#on' He
#$""e#ted that I #ho$ld ride a#tride awhile and re#t &y#el( by a chan"e o( *o#ition' I obeyed
hi# #$""e#tion) t$rnin" with &y (ace toward# hi#) *$ttin" &y ar&# aro$nd hi# neck) while &y
thi"h# were wide o*en o%er Ha##an/#'
He let the bridle dro* o%er the hor#e/# neck) who#e headlon" *ace #$b#ided into a "entle
canter which wa# like the rockin" o( a cradle' Ha##an *$t hi# ar& aro$nd &y loin# and li(ted
&e a little2 hi# other hand wa# b$#y clearin" away the *etticoat# and then I (elt the cre#t o( hi#
naked #ha(t knockin" (or entrance between &y naked thi"h#' I wa# willin" to yield to Ha##an
anythin" that he wi#hed b$t no #ooner had the li*# o( &y #heath been *enetrated than I
in%ol$ntarily cl$n" &ore ti"htly aro$nd hi# neck and) #$#tainin" &y#el( in that way) *re%ented
hi& (ro& enterin" ($rther' I (o$nd the #en#ation entirely di((erent) howe%er) (ro& that which I
had e5*erienced when the (in"er# o( the I&a& e5*lored the #a&e entrance' Now the or"an
#ee&ed ada*ted to the *lace and e5cited a #en#ation o( *lea#$re' I o((ered &y &o$th to
Ha##an and ret$rned hi# ardent ki##e# with an ardo$r e,$ally war&' A de#ire to #ec$re &ore
o( the deli"ht($l intr$der o%erca&e &y dread o( the intr$#ion' I loo#ened &y hold on Ha##an/#
neck and &y wei"ht dro%e hi# #ha(t #o co&*letely ho&e) notwith#tandin" the ti"htne## o( the
(it) that hi# cre#t re#ted on &y wo&b' It (elt #o $ne5*ectedly "ood that I "a%e a &$r&$r o(
deli"ht' The &otion o( the hor#e ke*t *artially withdrawin" and then co&*letely #endin" it in
a"ain at e%ery canter' The (ir#t thr$#t) "ood a# it wa#) wa# co&*letely ecli*#ed by each
#$cceedin" one' I co$ld ha%e &$r&$red with deli"ht #till lo$der) b$t ke*t #till (or %ery #ha&e'
1hat wo$ld Ha##an think o( a "irl #o wanton7 B$t he wa# in no condition to think' He wa#
(iercely #,$ee+in" and ki##in" &e) while at e%ery $nd$latin" &otion o( the canterin" hor#e he
#ee&ed to *enetrate &e &ore dee*ly' The *lea#$re wa# too e5,$i#ite to be lon" end$red' It
c$l&inated in a &eltin" thrill) and &y &oi#t$re &in"led with the #*er& that "$#hed (ro&
Ha##an/# cre#t' He reeled in the #addle b$t reco%ered hi&#el(' The canterin" &otion dro%e hi#
#ha(t le## dee*ly in a# it beca&e &ore li&ber' It (inally dro**ed o$t o( &e) a little li&* thin"
drowned in the de#cendin" &oi#t$re' 41hat a con,$e#t (or a #lender "irl to achie%e o%er #$ch
a (or&idable ob0ect)3 I tho$"ht' E5ha$#ted) b$t tri$&*hant) I dro**ed &y head on Ha##an/#
#ho$lder' /Poor "irl)3 #aid he) 4how it &ake# yo$ bleed8/ /Ne%er &ind)3 I whi#*ered' He alway#
re&ained $nder thi# innocent del$#ion) (or the tryin" #cene# o( that e%ent($l ni"ht bro$"ht on
&y *eriod *re&at$rely and &y *etticoat# be(ore &ornin" were #tained with blood' Twice
&ore d$rin" the ni"ht he #lackened the #*eed o( hi# hor#e) and each ti&e we co&*leted an
e&brace e,$ally #ati#(actory' At dawn we were beyond the reach o( *$r#$it) #a(e and (ree'
El ;eli# (ini#hed a# #he be"an) with her back toward# &e) while I wa# reclinin" a"ain#t
Myr+ella and 9ir"inia' The "race($l Arabian wa# a#tride &y thi"h#) *artly kneelin" on the
car*et and *artly lyin" on &y loin#' She *layed with &y "enital# all the ti&e #he wa# tellin"
her #tory and &y #ha(t "ot #o #ti((ened that #he in#erted it' It wa# #$((iciently e5cited to en0oy
the char&in" retreat where it wa# cheri#hed' My "land# rela5ed and &y *endant wa# (ondled
in her ta*ered (in"er# and care##ed by the #o(t hair which h$n" down (ro& her loin#' I lay
l$5$rio$#ly ,$iet) b$t El ;eli# had been lon"in" all the e%enin" (or the connection and #he
co$ld not kee* #till' She &ade little wanton &otion# with her loin# all the while #he wa#
#*eakin") and at e%ery &o%e the &oi#t) war& ti##$e# where &y cre#t wa# hidden ,$i%ered
with li(e and i&*arted their %itality to &e' I wo$ld ha%e #$&&oned ener"y to "i%e her the
thr$#t# (or which #he lon"ed b$t I *o#t*oned it (ro& &o&ent to &o&ent) re%ellin" *a##i%ely
in the la#ci%io$# #it$ation' El ;eli# co$ld no lon"er re#train her#el(' She (ini#hed her #tory and
be"an to *lay her loin# $* and down &y #ha(t) which tho$"h erect to it# ($ll #i+e) wa# not
entirely ri"id) and it bent with her %i"oro$# &otion' Her *o#ition wa# (a%o$rable to the *lay o(
her loin# and #he &o%ed the& with "reater and "reater ra*idity' I #ee&ed to ha%e chan"ed &y
#e5 and to be a wo&an act$ally en0oyin" the thr$#t# o( her *ara&o$r' In a (ew &o&ent# I
wo$ld ha%e been ri*e to &eltin") b$t El ;eli# co$ld not wait2 her b$ttock# #ettled hea%ily $*on
&e) her #heath loo#ened and her &oi#t$re (l$#hed &y "enital#' She #ank back with a dee* #i"h
into &y ar&#) which drew &y #ha(t co&*letely o$t o( her and e5*o#ed it like a tower ri#in"
te&*e#tbeaten (ro& the wa%e#' It #$b#ided at once when the #ti&$latin" e((ort# o( El ;eli#
were withdrawn' I wa# not ready (or another on#et' The ladie# were too *olite to la$"h2 I had
e5erted &y#el( too &$ch on their behal(' El ;eli# threw the #car( and then ne#tled ,$ietly in
&y ar&#' It (ell to the ninth lady' She wa# a Pari#ian and her na&e wa# Renee' The other# had
done well to lea%e her to the la#t) (or #he wa# the &o#t bea$ti($l wo&an in the roo&' The
#weetne## and %i%acity o( her e5*re##ion and the "race o( her &anner lent additional char& to
her *er(ect (eat$re# and her #*lendid (or&' She wa# o( &edi$& hei"ht with ($ll conto$r#)
"race($l a# a (awn yet %ol$*t$o$# in the bold ro$ndne## o( her bo#o&# and the "rand #well o(
her thi"h#' Her co&*le5ion wa# wonder($lly clear' Her #now-white #kin wa# #o tran#*arent
that a delicate *ink tin"e #howed *lainly beneath it) e#*ecially at the little ear# and the #&all
ti*# o( her (in"er#' The ro#y tin"e wa# dee* on her li*# and her &o$th wa# like an o*enin" red
ro#e' Her lar"e ha+el eye# were clear and ($ll and the lon" la#he# that *artially %eiled the&
co$ld not conceal their l$#tre' Her hair wa# o( a dark che#tn$t colo$r) b$t i( the li"ht (ell ($ll
$*on it) it wa# o( a "olden a$b$rn2 it be"an to c$rl at the centre o( her head where it wa#
*arted) and wo$ld ha%e de#cended in a l$5$riant &a## to her knee# i( it had not been care($lly
con(ined by co&b#' The hair at her loin# wa# dark b$t had a r$ddy tin"e' A(ter #he had
e5chan"ed a ki## with &e #he reclined in a "race($l *o#ition at &y (eet where I co$ld
$ninterr$*tedly (ea#t &y eye# on her &ar%ello$# bea$ty while #he told her #tory'
!HAPTER O=RTEEN
THE REN!H LA.Y/S STORY
1hen I arri%ed at the a"e o( #i5teen I wa# #till at a con%ent boardin" #chool in Pari#'
Li#ette) &y roo&&ate) wa# &y &o#t inti&ate (riend' I con(ided to her all &y #ecret# and
#$**o#ed #he did the #a&e to &e) e#*ecially what we co$ld learn abo$t &arria"e and #e5$al
interco$r#e) a #$b0ect which had a #tran"e (a#cination) e%en (or a "irl like &y#el( who had
ne%er en"a"ed in it) b$t who looked (orward to an early &arria"e with ea"er #ati#(action' One
e%enin" Li#ette ca&e into the roo& with a tri$&*hant e5*re##ion' She had #o&ethin" in a
#&all bo5 which #he &y#terio$#ly *rod$ced' It wa# labelled6 4One S$*er(ine .ildo/' She
locked the door and) o*enin" the bo5) re%ealed an India-r$bber article abo$t the #i+e o( a
&an/# #ha(t ready (or action' She e5*lained to &e what it wa# and #aid #he had "ot it (ro& her
&illiner a# a "reat (a%o$r and had *aid her (i%e h$ndred (ranc# (or it' She wa# all ea"erne## to
try it' /B$t) Li#ette)3 #aid I) 4i( we do) and i( we #ho$ld e%er "et &arried) o$r h$#band# wo$ld
know it'/ /Oh83 #he #aid) 4we co$ld ea#ily (ool the&'/ Ha%in" (illed the dildo with war& water
and (a#tened it $*on &y loin# with the #tra*# attached to it) #he *re%ailed $*on &e to act the
&an/# *art' She *$lled &e into bed and #ee&ed *er(ectly (a&iliar with the *ro*er &anner (or
&e to &o$nt her' So (ar (ro& bein" h$rt by the thin") Li#ette #ee&ed to en0oy e%ery
&o%e&ent o( it) (ro& the ti&e I thr$#t it into her till #he "a%e a dyin" #i"h and #$b#ided' A(ter
a while #he wa# ready to *er(or& the #a&e o((ice (or &e' 1hen #he had "ot it ad0$#ted I (elt
the war& thin" enter in a little way with a #en#ation not $n*lea#ant' Then #he "a%e a thr$#t
with all her &i"ht which tore away &y &aidenhead' It *ained &e #o cr$elly) that I *$#hed her
o(( &e and b$r#t into tear# while the blood trickled (ro& the wo$nd and down &y thi"h#' I
wa# terribly enra"ed with Li#ette b$t I (inally (or"a%e her when #he told &e that &y brother
had taken her &aidenhead when #he wa# on a %i#it to &e' Both Li#ette and &y#el( were
&arried #oon a(ter lea%in" #chool) #he to a co$ntry "entle&an and I to an o((icer' Li#ette had
not been lon" &arried when I had too "ood rea#on to #$**o#e that #he had ke*t $* a liai#on
with &y brother' I wrote to her hintin" at &y *ain($l #$#*icion and be""in" her to &ake a
%i#it that I &i"ht *er#$ade her to break o(( a connection #o dan"ero$# to both her#el( and &y
brother' She re*lied #ayin" that #he co$ld not %i#it &e now) b$t #he wo$ld be "lad i( I wo$ld
recei%e a %i#it (ro& her $n&arried #i#ter) addin" that #he wa# a #hy) ti&id "irl and that a %i#it
to Pari# wo$ld do her "ood' Her #i#ter A&ie accordin"ly ca&e in d$e ti&e and wa# cordially
welco&ed by &e) tho$"h I had ne%er #een her be(ore' She wa# a hand#o&e "irl) b$t %ery
&a#c$line in a**earance) altho$"h #he a**eared to be %ery &ode#t' Her (eat$re# were
*lea#in" b$t rather lar"e) and tho$"h #he wa# broad-#ho$ldered and tall) her bo#o&# #ee&ed
to be (lat and her thi"h# #&all' She wore her hair %ery #hort) e%en (or the cli**ed #tyle then
*re%ailin" (or yo$n" ladie#' My h$#band wa# at thi# ti&e o(( with hi# re"i&ent) and I tho$"ht
it wo$ld be kind to allow A&ie to #lee* with &e' 1hen we retired #he #ee&ed to be %ery
awkward abo$t retirin") b$t (inally (ollowed &e to bed' I took her in &y ar&# and ki##ed her
a((ectionately' She ret$rned the ki##e# and care##e# with #o &$ch ardo$r that I wi#hed Lo$i#)
&y h$#band) wa# in her *lace' He had been ab#ent lon" eno$"h (or &y de#ire# to beco&e like
tinder) ready to (la&e $* at a #*ark' So we lay locked ti"htly in each other/# e&brace with o$r
li*# "l$ed to"ether' I (elt #o&ethin" #,$ee+ed $* a"ain#t &y thi"h which co$ld not be A&ie/#
ar&) (or both o( her ar&# were aro$nd &e' I *$t &y hand down and (elt that it wa# a &an/#
war&) throbbin" #ha(t' I "a%e a #crea& and *$#hed &y bed(ellow %iolently (ro& &e' 4Yo$ are
not Li#ette/# #i#ter83 wa# &y ab#$rd e5cla&ation' /Tr$e) char&in" Renee) b$t I a& her brother)
and no one will e%er know o( thi# b$t her' 1ill yo$ now allow Ar&and to ha%e one #weet ki##
like tho#e yo$ ha%e 0$#t "i%en to A&ie73 He drew &e toward# hi& a# he #*oke) with the (ire
o( *a##ion on hi# hand#o&e (ace' I he#itated) b$t &y #heath wa# #till #wellin" with wanton
e&otion and I #$((ered hi& a"ain $nre#i#ted to take &e in hi# ar&#' Thi# wa# not the &oral
lect$re I had *re*ared (or Li#ette' .e#ire wa# co$r#in" thro$"h all &y %ein#2 I ret$rned
Ar&and/# ki##e#2 I o*ened &y thi"h# to (acilitate the connection' The to$ch o( hi# cre#t $nder
the hair wa# like the (ir#t ta#te o( #o&e delicio$# (r$it $ne5*ectedly *re#ented to the li*# o( a
thir#ty tra%eller' I took it in #o "reedily and #wallowed it with a #en#ation #o *lea#$rable that I
wa# a#ha&ed o( &y#el(' Ar&and wo$ld think he wa# not the (ir#t who had taken ad%anta"e o(
&y h$#band/# ab#ence' B$t I co$ld not hel* it2 &y *er#on had been #ed$ced be(ore &y
con#ent had been won' It wa# too late now (or %irt$e to erect a barrier' I wa# *enetrated to the
#ecret and #en#iti%e de*th# where wantonne## rei"ned #$*re&e' The ra*idity and #tren"th o(
Ar&and/# thr$#t# #howed the %i"o$r o( #e%enteen' I wa# tran#*orted to the #e%enth hea%en)
carried by the a&oro$# boy in hi# ar&#' 1hen I (inally ret$rned to the con#cio$#ne## o(
earthly thin"# we lay #o #till that (or a (ew &o&ent# there wa# not a &otion in the bed) #a%e
that Ar&and/# di&ini#hed #ha(t wa# #lowly #inkin" (ro& &y #heath with the bal&y (low that
(illed it' Ar&and/# %i#it wa# *rolon"ed to a week and no #$#*icion wa# e5cited on the *art o(
&y (riend# and #er%ant#) nor wa# the intri"$e known in any ,$arter #a%e by Li#ette) who
rallied &e witho$t &ercy' It wa# a week o( abandon&ent to $nre#trained wantonne##' I wo$ld
#o&eti&e# a#k Ar&and) when in the *ri%acy o( &y roo&) to take hi# &ale attire (ro& hi#
tr$nk and *$t it on' He then #ee&ed like a #lender and e((e&inate yo$th) a &ere (air-(aced
boy) entirely di((erent (ro& the A&a+on he a**eared in "irl/# clothe#' B$t i( I rallied hi& on
hi# e((e&inacy) he wo$ld at once *roceed to "i%e &o#t con%incin" *roo( o( hi# %irile *ower'
No &arried e&brace e%er con(erred #$ch ra*t$re' ornication) that beco&e# #o in#i*id when
law($l) i# #o delicio$# when #tolen' The la#ci%io$# ni"ht# were not eno$"h2 we retired e%ery
a(ternoon on the *retence o( takin" a na*' At e%ery e&brace hi# (re#h enth$#ia#& bewitched
&e and I wa# &elted by hi# (er%ent ardo$r' B$t dark and #$nken circle# ca&e aro$nd
Ar&and/# eye#) hi# (le#h (ell ra*idly away) and when at la#t he tore hi&#el( away (ro& &e to
ret$rn ho&e) a hectic (e%er wa# con#$&in" hi&' A# (or &e) I "rew *l$&* a# he "rew thin) and
&y cheek# bloo&ed with #tolen *lea#$re' 1hen &y h$#band ret$rned ho&e on lea%e o(
ab#ence) he had no occa#ion to re*roach &e (or want o( ardo$r' Li(e had) howe%er) be"$n to
be &onotono$#) when we recei%ed an in%itation (ro& Li#ette) #econded by her h$#band)
Adol*he) to %i#it their co$ntry #eat) an in%itation wa# acce*ted' 1e #at $* late the (ir#t
e%enin"' There wa# &$ch to con%er#e abo$t) and be#ide#) the cha&*a"ne (lowed (reely' I
en0oyed con%er#in" with #o a"reeable a &an a# Adol*he) e#*ecially a# he wa# (at and 0olly'
The chan"e wa# a"reeable (ro& bein" contin$ally with &y h$#band) who wa# thin and
earne#t' Li#ette and I talked on a(ter o$r h$#band# had retired' 1e (ini#hed another bottle o(
wine) which they had &erely o*ened) and we "rew %ery con(idential' 1e concl$ded by
$ndre##in" by the #to%e and carryin" o$r clothe# $*#tair# in o$r hand#' Standin" in o$r
che&i#e# we co&*ared o$r (or&#6 a# o( old) they were %ery #i&ilar' 1e *re##ed o$r bo#o&#
to"ether and we #,$ee+ed to"ether the little &o$th# at o$r loin#' /1hy do we #tand here)3 I
#aid) 4when we can "o to bed and "et all we want7/ /S$**o#e)3 #he #aid) 4we #ho$ld &ake a
&i#take "oin" to o$r roo&# and e5chan"e h$#band#7/ I looked at Li#ette to #ee i( #he had
di%ined &y own ad$ltero$# tho$"ht# and to #ee i( #he wa# really in earne#t' She #&iled and
nodded2 #o did I' 1ine and wantonne## co&bined to *$t $# $* to that &ad (rolic' It wa#
a"reed #he wa# to take &y clothe# alon" with her and that I #ho$ld take her# with &e) in ca#e
o( the nece##ity o( #$ddenly e#ca*in" to o$r own roo&#' A# #he *$t her hand on the doorknob
o( &y h$#band/# roo& I (elt a *an" o( 0ealo$#y) b$t I let that di#a**ear and entered Adol*he/#
roo&' He wa# #lee*in" ,$ietly' I laid Li#ette/# clothe# on a chair and "ot into bed with hi&' I
waited a (ew &o&ent# (or the %iolent beatin" o( &y heart to #till and then ne#tled clo#e $* and
*$t &y ar&# aro$nd hi&' I *$t a#ide hi# &o$#tache and ki##ed hi& on the li*#' Still he did not
wake' Then I *$lled $* hi# #hirt and (elt hi# &a##i%e thi"h# and *layed with hi# "enital#' They
"rew $nder &y hand and he awoke and *$t hi# ar&# aro$nd &e' I ret$rned hi# ki##e# and
care##e#' /1hy) Li#ette)3 he #aid) 4how "ood yo$ are toni"ht'3 I re*lied with ki##e#' Then he
"ot $*on &e and I #oon (elt hi# #ha(t enter &e' It wa# lar"er than I had been acc$#to&ed to)
b$t %ery #o(t' It wa# a dainty &or#el to the "l$ttono$# li*# thro$"h which it *a##ed2 they
clo#ed $*on it with the keene#t +e#t' Adol*he/# *ondero$# loin# #ettled down on &ine till the
hair between wa# &atted into one &a## and hi# #ha(t wa# care##ed by e%ery &e&brane in &y
#heath' Be(ore he co$ld "i%e another thr$#t I wa# o%ertaken by the &eltin" thrill'
Adol*he had not yet reached hi# cli&a5' He "a%e two or three &ore la+y thr$#t# while &ine
wa# #$b#idin"' 4I wa# drea&in" o( Renee)3 he #aid) 4when I awoke'3 E5ertin" all &y #tren"th)
I *$#hed hi& o(( &e 0ealo$#ly a# Li#ette wo$ld ha%e done i( #he had been in &y *lace' Then I
t$rned &y back to hi&' He now reali#ed what a (ooli#h con(e##ion he had &ade' 4Sweet
Li#ette)3 he #aid) 4I don/t care a #traw (or Renee2 #he i# not hal( #o *retty a# yo$ are'/ I
obd$rately #hr$""ed &y #ho$lder#' The Li#ette I i&*er#onated wo$ld not be *aci(ied' He
#n$""led $* to &y back and held &e #tr$""lin" in hi# ar&#' I co$ld (eel hi# #ti(( #ha(t *re##ed
a"ain#t &y b$ttock#' He #,$ee+ed &y thi"h# and (ondled &y bo#o&# and ki##ed the back o(
&y neck) b$t I wo$ld not t$rn o%er' He wa# #o e5cited with de#ire (ro& hi# hal(-(ini#hed
e&brace that at la#t he co&&$nicated hi# wantonne## to &e I wa# now ready (or another
on#et) #o I t$rned &y head and ki##ed hi&' He ,$ickly t$rned &e on &y back and &o$nted
(iercely to the char"e' Pl$n"e a(ter *l$n"e in ra*id #$cce##ion a"ain woke all the #en#ibilitie#
o( &y #heath' My &o$th wa# b$ried $nder hi# &o$#tache and the ki##e# ke*t ti&e to the ra*id
*lay' The "low o( the (riction beca&e &ore and &ore inten#e) #*readin" (ro& the *lace o(
contact in electric wa%e# all o%er &y (ra&e) and the #tolen and "$ilty *lea#$re c$l&inated in
another &eltin" thrill' Adol*he wa# ra%i#hed at the #a&e ti&e and *aid &e a trib$te a# *ro($#e
a# hi# e5cite&ent had been lon"' Hi# a&*le *er#on #ee&ed to be di##ol%in" in &y loin#' Then
he #ank down $*on &e) too weak) (or #o&e &o&ent#) to relie%e &e o( hi# "reat wei"ht' He
#oon (ell #o$nd a#lee*) hi# hand #till "ra#*in" one o( &y bo#o&# and one o( hi# hea%y thi"h#
on &y own' !a$tio$#ly and by de"ree# I e5tricated &y#el( and #tole (ro& the roo&) dri**in"
at e%ery #te*'
Li#ette wa# awaitin" &e with 0ealo$#y and i&*atience de*icted on her co$ntenance' 41hat
ha%e yo$ been doin" all thi# ti&e73 #he de&anded' /The #a&e a# yo$ ha%e) I #$**o#e)3 #aid I)
la$"hin"' /I ha%e been #tandin" here thi# ho$r and a hal()3 #aid #he' 4I wa# #obered $* by the
dan"er a# #oon a# I "ot into Lo$i#3 roo&) and I dared not "et into bed with hi&'/ 1e went to
o$r cha&ber#) Li#ette al&o#t cryin" and I al&o#t b$r#tin" with la$"hter' .$rin" the re#t o(
o$r %i#it) #he watched &e narrowly to #ee that I wa# not a &o&ent alone with Adol*he' She
need not ha%e been #o #$#*icio$# a# he wa# *er(ectly $ncon#cio$# and) a# (or &e) the c$rio#ity
o( wantonne## wa# #ati#(ied with re"ard to hi&' 1hen we ret$rned to Pari#) Lo$i# re0oined the
ar&y' I had now ac,$ired #$ch a ta#te (or %ariety that I (elt &$ch *lea#ed at the attention# o( a
yo$n" d$ke' He #o$"ht &y co&*any on e%ery *$blic occa#ion' At la#t he called at &y ho$#e'
He had #ent &e a &a"ni(icent dia&ond necklace the day be(ore) and it wa# now nece##ary (or
&e to ret$rn it i( I wa# $nwillin" to *$r#$e the intri"$e' In e5*ectation o( the inter%iew I
dre##ed &y#el( a# attenti%ely a# *o##ible' A dre## o( ele"ant *ink #ilk c$t low in the neck
di#*layed &y bo#o&# to ad%anta"e and I wore the dia&ond necklace' The d$ke #aw it with a
#&ile o( *lea#$re the &o&ent I entered the *arlo$r' He ca&e and knelt at &y (eet and ki##ed
&y hand) then he aro#e and o$r li*# &et' I con#ented to &eet hi& later in the day) at a #a(e
*lace o( a##i"nation) and i( he had then taken hi# lea%e) all wo$ld ha%e "one #&oothly) b$t the
d$ke ke*t ki##in" &e and *rolon"ed the inter%iew' Tho$"h &y h$#band wa# not e5*ected (or
a day or two) #till a #er%ant wa# liable to enter the *arlo$r' I ro#e to ha%e hi& "o) b$t he #till
ke*t hi# chair'
1ith hi# ar& aro$nd &y wai#t) he drew &e toward# hi& and tran#(erred hi# ki##e# (ro& &y
neck to &y bo#o&#' I bent down and ki##ed hi& on hi# white (orehead' .e#ire wa# "ettin"
control o%er $# both' The d$ke/# hand #tole $nder &y #kirt# and e5*lored all the &y#terie#
they hid' Then he li(ted one o( &y le"# o%er hi# la* and I (o$nd &y#el( #ittin" a#tride hi#
thi"h# cla#*ed in hi# e&brace) o$r li*# "l$ed to"ether' 1e were in#ane to ri#k o$r#el%e# there
in that *o#ition when a (ew ho$r# later we co$ld #a(ely re%el in each other/# e&brace' The
d$ke *rod$ced hi# #ti(( #ha(t and I (elt it *leadin" (or entrance between &y thi"h#' I hal( ro#e
to tear &y#el( (ro& hi# ar&#) b$t with #$ch (eeble *$r*o#e that he *$lled &e down a"ain' I #at
directly $*on hi# cre#t and &y wei"ht (orced it# entry' It (illed &e with a #en#ation o( #$ch
e5,$i#ite *lea#$re that I abandoned &y#el( to &y $ncontrollable *a##ion#' He co$ld not &o%e
(reely) b$t &y loin# $nd$lated to a##i#t hi&) which &ade &y ec#ta#y c$l&inate' My cri#i# wa#
*rolon"ed and I had not (ini#hed &eltin" when &y h$#band o*ened the door and #tood
th$nder#tr$ck at the #i"ht' I 0$&*ed backward# (ro& the d$ke/# ar&# and &y #kirt# (ell and
co%ered &y nakedne##' B$t the d$ke wa# in the %ery act o( #*endin"' The #*er& (ro& hi#
ra&*ant cre#t #*la#hed $*on &y dre## and #kirt#' or a #in"le &o&ent I #tood #till and &y
brain# whirled with incon"r$o$# tho$"ht#) one o( which wa# that &y bea$ti($l *ink dre## wa#
#*oiled by the #*la#he#' Only a &o&ent I #tood) and then I darted (ro& the roo&' I wra**ed
&y#el( in a lon" cloak and hood a# I (led thro$"h the lower hall and "ained the (ront door' A#
I *a##ed thro$"h it) I heard the tra&*lin" o( (eet and the cra#h o( ($rnit$re in the *arlo$r
abo%e' It &$#t ha%e been &y h$#band and the d$ke en"a"ed in a deadly #tr$""le' 1hat the
i##$e o( it wa#) I ne%er knew' I reached the #tation 0$#t a# a train wa# abo$t to lea%e' I "ot in it
and it took &e to Mar#eille#' E%en then I did not (eel #a(e till I had *$t the Mediterranean
between &y#el( and rance'
!ON!L=SION
Renee concl$ded' She now e5*ected her reward' It wa# her t$rn at la#t' The loin# o( ei"ht o(
tho#e bea$ti($l wo&en had been #tirred to the de*th# by &e and they had &elted in &y
e&brace' To (o$r o( the& I had *aid trib$te in ret$rn' The ni"ht wo$ld be (ittin"ly crowned by
a trib$te to the lo%elie#t and la#t' She lay back at len"th on the c$#hion# with La$ra/# back (or
a *illow' The char&in" rench "irl then #hot a #ed$cti%e "lance at &y (ace (ro& beneath her
lon" eyela#he# and o*ened her "race($l ta*erin" le"#' I knelt between the& and ki##ed the
"rand #now-white thi"h# clo#e to the thick r$ddy hair that adorned the&' I *lanted another
ki## on her #&ooth) ro$nd belly 0$#t o%er her wo&b' ro& the *ink ni**le# o( each o( her
*l$&* bo#o&#) I #$cked %ol$*t$o$# ki##e#) and then &y li*# (a#tened on her ro#eb$d &o$th'
She wo$nd her #o(t white ar&# aro$nd &e a# I #tretched &y#el( on her lo%ely (or& and with
her lily (in"er# #he "$ided &y cre#t to the hea%en it #o$"ht' I *$#hed &y way #lowly in' It wa#
delicio$#ly ti"ht and ela#tic and hot and 0$icy' I had to thr$#t &ore than once be(ore &y #ha(t
wa# co&*letely entered) which wa# no #ooner acco&*li#hed than I (elt Renee/# (ra&e #h$dder
beneath &e and then beco&e li&* and ner%ele##' Her ar&# rela5ed their "ra#* and her #heath
beca&e loo#e and wa# (l$#hed with &oi#t$re' /Lie #till) a# yo$ are) (or a &in$te)3 #he
whi#*ered) 4and I #hall be able to (ini#h yo$'3 I wa# in no h$rry' I lay l$5$riantly $*on her
with &y cre#t #oakin" in the &o#t inward rece##e# o( her loin#' La$ra/# wai#t #till #er%ed her
a# a *illow and &y &o$th occa#ionally wandered (ro& Renee/# ro#y &o$th to ki## La$ra/# (at
bo#o&#) which were #o con%eniently near) and &y (in"er# #earched La$ra/# e,$ally
con%enient #heath'
Ine+ ne#tled clo#e $* to $# and hid the (in"er# o( &y other hand dee* between her thi"h#'
Helene) kneelin" on the other #ide) "ently (ondled &y "land# with her #lender (in"er#'
<$leika) Myr+ella and 9ir"inia ki##ed the #&all o( &y back) #ho$lder# and neck' My (eet
were abandoned to A&ie and El ;eli#) who #at each holdin" a (oot between their thi"h# #o that
&y toe# #earched their cre%ice#' The wanton to$ch o( nine char&in" and a&oro$# wo&en
in($#ed &e ra*idly with #o&e o( their own #$*er(l$o$# %i"o$r' My #ha(t beca&e *er(ectly
ri"id' Renee awoke to the re#*on#ibility that re#ted chie(ly on her' A# a #i"nal that #he wa#
a"ain ready #he darted her ton"$e into &y &o$th while I wa# #$ckin" her li*#' Her #heath
a"ain "rew ti"ht and I (elt it# in&o#t &e&brane# con%$l#i%ely contract and la#ci%io$#ly #ei+e
&y cre#t' I re#*onded by "i%in" her a dee*) *rolon"ed thr$#t) then I braced &y toe# in the hot
cre%ice# where they re#ted and ra&&ed &y #ha(t co&*letely ho&e a"ain and a"ain' Renee
#$r"ed $* her loin# to &eet each de#cendin" thr$#t' I (elt the cri#i# a**roachin"' The %ery
&arrow o( &y bone# #ee&ed to be di#tillin" into &y e&*ty "land#' My *l$n"e beca&e &ore
ra*id) $ntil the %ery ner%e# o( &y #ha(t #ee&ed to be laid bare to the (riction' Renee redo$bled
her e5ertion#' A# her loin# ro#e to &eet &e #he "a%e the& a rotary &otion) which &ade her
wo&b circle ro$nd &y cre#t' The #$*re&e &o&ent which had been co&in") ca&e at la#t) and
I wa# co&*letely ra%i#hed' My %ery li(e blood #ee&ed to "$#h' I "a%e a dee*) lon" "roan o(
ec#ta#y and #ank) an al&o#t inani&ate &a##) on the *antin" and "lowin" (or& o( Renee' She
ke*t #,$ee+in" &y #ha(t to co&*lete her own ra*t$re) and e5tracted a (ew &ore dro*# (ro&
&e a(ter I wa# too (ar "one to "roan' I heard #e%eral o( the ladie# &in"le their #i"h# with her#
and &y (in"er# and toe# were bathed with &oi#t$re that had &elted in #y&*athy with o$r#' I
lay (or a lon" ti&e $nable to #tir) *er(ectly tri$&*hant' /That will &ake another bl$e-eyed
boy)3 #aid Myr+ella' /I (eel a# i( I were with twin#)3 #aid Renee) "i%in" one &ore #,$ee+e to
&y di&ini#hed #ha(t' 1hen I reco%ered #$((iciently to be able to &o%e) &y (ir#t look wa# at
the clock' It wa# near dawn) and it wa# nece##ary (or &e to "o' The ladie# hel*ed &e to dre##)
(or I had not the #tren"th o( a kitten' Each e5chan"ed with &e a tender ki##) then I "ot $*on
the window where the ro*e o( #hawl# h$n":b$t I (elt too weak to cli&b' I (a#tened the ro*e
aro$nd $nder &y ar&# and all the ladie# takin" hold to"ether lowered &e #a(ely down' I
*$#hed &y boat (ro& the #trand and #et #ail' The land bree+e wa# 0$#t #ettin" in and no #ooner
had I "ained the o((in" than I de#cried &y #hi* beatin" $* and down lookin" (or &e' In an
ho$r &ore I wa# #a(ely on board'
THE EN.