M. His face itches, and he has to resist the temptation to scratch it until it bleeds. Outside is total darkness. Not just the darkness of night, but...the absence of light. His is the only light of any kind for four miles, except for the lighthouse. From his bedroom he can see the arc of light sweeping across the bay, a piercing crescent racing across the sea. But other than that, nothing at all until Kilkadie. The milk has boiled over and he removes it from the hob with a curse. He pours it. .. everything... For a masochist, she knew, this can be a verydelicate point, one where everything stands in the balance, where oneill-chosen remark or crude gesture can spoil everything. Most mistressesnever reach this point with their subs, and the ones that do often fuckthe whole thing up with one mistake. Linda now had to be shrewd and usecaution to finesse her way around this error. Sean's latent defenses,always an underlying threat to materialize on their own, now had to bechecked and. Come now, you must by now have realized the libertine nature of my household?” I nodded dumbly. “Well, certainly by now, by simple probability, at least one of the maids or cooks would be with child. Yet none are, despite their most energetic and eager practices with the rest of my staff. Do not be angry, but be happy, since we shall be able to make love play as we wish without worry, and any child will be our conscious choice, not an accident.”“James, this is the most astonishing thing I have. .. I think I'll have to give you a full pap smear exam. Do you mind?" She looks at him wide eyed. "Of course not." He laughs again. "Well I hope you understand that by hospital protical, I'll have to make sure you don't move during this procedure. He grabbed both her wrists. She pretends to struggle. "Oh please doctor, not this! Not again!" He smiles "You ask for it everytime I examine you." He cuffs her hands to the back of the chair. Then he cuffs her feet to the legs of the chair."First, we.