" Of course. I should have remembered." She looked coyly in my direction. "That was another nice compliment. You could seduce a girl with those words ...ou know." I had little to say.In the second half the music took on a different air, stirring with marches like 'Liberty Bell' by Sousa, and everyone clapping along with the rousing refrain. Then towards the end we had 'Jerusalem' and 'Pomp and Circumstance No. 1'. It is a tradition that the words by Benson, 'Land of Hope and Glory', are only sung. ‘It’s incredible...the pendant...it looks like...a bear tooth. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s an old Germanic rune; Uruz, if I’m not mistaken.’ ‘Oh wow. What’s, uh, Uruz?’ ‘The Aurochs. It’s the rune of the wild Ox; power, potential, strength of will...sexuality…’ ‘Incredible.’ Charlotte was lost for words. ‘How did you - I mean what...where did you find it?’ ‘It wasn’t technically me, really. As I said, I was on a walk with Bernie and he just ran off. I tried to catch up. Thestrange constriction of the bra and skirt, the feeling of stockings on mylegs, smell of the perfume I was wearing and the air on hairless genitalsall made this whole situation seem very alien and I began to realise howvulnerable I was.Then I heard movement. I assumed Cat had returned. I had been lying onthe bed but rose to my knees. I opened my mouth and said, "Is that you?"I felt a finger pressed to my lip and heard a, "Shhh," in my ear. Thenthe mattress shifted as the other person got onto. It was so long and gorgeous; even though it had started almost free of tangles, still it took five minutes or more of my care before I had it falling down her back in a single silken cascade. Victoria was not impatient though; she simply knelt there and accepted my unpractised but sensual grooming, encouraging me with barely audible gasps and broken breaths with each brief skin-on-skin contact, emboldening me to ever more loving touches as I stroked my fingers down the smooth curve of her.