Manuela recognized with this view with horrible fright what the Executioner intended, why he had forced her into making the confessions. She pressed h...r lips together in despair, and kept her mouth tightly closed. But that was not an obstacle for the Executioner, as he knew a completely simple way. He only briefly pressed the metal tip on Manuela's lips. It was a natural reflex, she wanted to protect herself, to escape from the awful heat, and she opened her mouth only a little. That was enough. The documentary went on to describe how marginal midnight movies were now the mainstream subject of present day movies and how many subjects which could not be shown in mainstream theaters are now big box office hits. The movies that were mentioned were El Topo, The Harder They Come, Pink Flamingos, and Rocky Horror, and The Living Dead. Granted the subjects of some of those movies are quite gruesome and disgusting still probably for the majority of people (I’ll admit that some of them gross. Her reflection looked at me."Its magic, the dress seems to have a life of its own."I walked forward and stood beside her, looking in the mirror. "It hasbeen waiting for you."She nodded solemnly. "I have never experienced this before." She tookhold of one of the layers and lifted it to her cheek. "It's silk."I shook my head. "Gossamer. Gossamer woven by those tiny spiders thatcome alive in the autumn and cover a meadow with their threads until themeadow seems to flow in the breeze, become. Oh how I hated her!The burning ache in my muscles was becoming intolerable. Yet I knew I was going to have to endure it for many, many more hours yet. There were two more punishments yet. Each girl received twelve strokes of the Martinet for ‘lack of enthusiasm’. Was this true or false? Who was to say? To be so accused almost amounted to being guilty.At long last the weeping slaves were led away by the Overseers. The guests, doubtless well content, dispersed to their pleasures.One of them.