When we arrived back at our lookout position the revelry was all over the farm. It seemed all the female slaves were being taken in some fashion. The ...uards on picket duty were more concerned with what was going on at the house than keeping watch.They changed watches at 2:00 and we could hear the guard groaning. We heard him take down his pants and the unmistaken sound of loose bowels. His relief never showed up, and he was disorientated and feverish when we found him. We dispatched him and. Starting tomorrow they’ll do their studying in the afternoon then the four of them will sew at night. That’s how it goes for the next two weeks while the dresses take shape.One other thing David does the next afternoon is to find some sites on how to do make-up then he orders a large home make-up kit. When it arrives on Thursday they start working on how Mel should use the kit to her best advantage. He also takes time to teach her what he knows about matching colours for clothes. Then he. Finally, I was told that I would need to stay until the entire dose of painkillers in the vile entered my system, at which time I would have my vitals checked again before being cleaned, bandaged, handed a prescription and sent on my way. The good news was the drugs did seem to be kicking in. The pain had greatly subsided, and all my nerves seemed to have disappeared. “How're you feeling?” Once again, Matt ran his fingers across my face, this time brushing stray hairs out of the. "I nodded."So?" she said."Mostly sergeants' and officers' ladies, some of them's wives, washerwomen, a few trollops. I know a couple." I smiled and ducked my head."Oh," she said. She took a deep breath, stretching the lacy material of her shirt. She had removed her short jacket when she came in the house. I could not tell if she wore stays."No men for a year in your bed?" I asked, since she had introduced the subject.She smiled and shook her head. "I suspect we've been thinking about the same.