Then she was lowed to the floor."That was only a taste of the whip. The next time it shall be five lashes. You shall speak only when told to. Do you u...derstand?" he said."Yes," she said between sobs."That is not good enough you shall look at me and answer properly," he commanded her.Crying she held up her hands to brush away her tears and then looking at the man she said, "yes, I understand, master." "Good," he said, "now stand up. You are about to get the second lesson on being a slave. From. I am a free British citizen," she tried to explain.The negress looked at her with contempt, tapped the number on her own right shoulder, and replied, "Slave now," turning her back and effectively ending the conversation.For two days the women waited; from time to time some small snatches of desultory conversation came to Helen's ears, but it was all in Arabic. Each evening then the guards came round with bread, cheese, over-cooked and unidentifiable meat, and water to feed the prisoners.The. "What? You mean like this?" she said starting to play with the candle and pretending to drop it on the tablecloth. "Quit it." He said rashly. Jen continued to play with the candle angering him still more. She did not notice how the old cloth caught on fire, which started to crawl slowly over the table. Luckily, John was near enough to put it out fast. "I said quit it, Jen, give me that, " he turned on the light so she could better see his glowering. "Sorry, " she apologized looking down. My mother shook her head. "Thereis no place to hide here, and anyway, you are now a girl, indeedyou are perfectly disguised, except you are wearing maleclothing. You should get it off and hide it, and we should putyou back into female clothes."She looked up to my sister. "Anna, get Franz some of yourclothes." Anna pointed a finger at me and gave a gleeful grin,but in seconds she pulled out one of her gowns from a chest inthe wagon. I blushed as my mother stripped off my shirt andbreeches and.