I gave Annette's corpse a final kiss, and, with Matilde's arm around my waist, made my way into the hall.The girls went back into the study to prepare...Annette's body, which was just as well as I had something to say to Krish."I shall ride after the murdering scum. I expect they have made for Valenciennes." Shall I come with you?" I think it best you stay here. The girls may need you; in any event you will have to sign the death certificate."Krish looked at me with questioning eyes. "There is. Those guys really seem to have stamina, and know how to please a woman."I was shocked at what Janet was telling me, but then managed to say, "Weren't you worried about getting diseases? Did they wear condoms when they fucked you?"Janet then continued, "I was at first concerned about the risk of catching a disease, and insisted on him wearing a condom the first time we fucked. But then, he showed me a recent doctor's report showing that he was clean, and he fucked me bare the rest of the time.. ’ She handed Lisa a fierce buggy whip over the desk. ‘Would you like something to drink?’ ‘Yes, perhaps a glass of water.’ ‘Nothing more bracing?’ ‘Really…I still am underage you know.’ ‘I might have been referring to soda or fruit juice Miss Lisa.’ ‘Oh…how silly.’ She laughed nervously as she examined the whip. ‘I think the paddle was the worst.’ ‘More than the strap?’ ‘Oh, yes. The strap did have. She continues her dalliance with Lucas the crewman who pampers her with his attentions and whose closed lips keep their conjoining a secret matter for only the two of them to share.The terrible nausea that Sophia was subject to in the waking hours seemed to get more intense instead of abating. She had come to the startling conclusion that her malady was one of approaching motherhood rather than the traces of seasickness visited upon her in the early days of the voyage. It was a relief that she.