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| 15 | 1046 | There are View more quotes about numerous">numerous ways in which such fraud may be terminated, for example, to throw the woman into water, to hold her head under water for a bit, to see if she tries to free her head, sputtering and begging for mercy, to put her under the whip, to use the bastinado on the soles of her feet, to claw unexpectedly at the soft flesh behind her knees, even to lightly caress the soles of her feet, and so on. |
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| 15 | 1043 | I motioned that Lady Claudia should be silent. |
| 15 | 1044 | I looked down at Lady Publia, lying so still. |
| 15 | 1045 | I supposed now she was pretending to be dead, or, at least, unconscious. |
| 15 | 1046 | There are numerous ways in which such fraud may be terminated, for example, to throw the woman into water, to hold her head under water for a bit, to see if she tries to free her head, sputtering and begging for mercy, to put her under the whip, to use the bastinado on the soles of her feet, to claw unexpectedly at the soft flesh behind her knees, even to lightly caress the soles of her feet, and so on. |
| 15 | 1047 | We did not have enough water about, of course, to throw her into water, and the cistern, the water in which would have been sufficient to cover her nose and mouth, was unavailable, being under debris. |
| 15 | 1048 | I did not want to use a belt on her, or such, because, as a master, first, I tend to be a bit sparing in such matters, and, second, before I administer such a punishment, I usually, though not always, wish for the woman to have an ample opportunity to anticipate it, and thus to understand what it is all about and why it being done to her. |
| 15 | 1049 | Sometimes, however, I do not explain it to her until afterwards. |