I am Imperia and this is Lila,” indicating the thin girl. Carla tried to smile but all she could manage was a slight nod and a twitch at the end of ...er lips. Imperia spread her arms with a flourish. “These are my sisters,” she said and as she spoke others moved forward out of the shadows. “Adreana, Keres, Hadria, Malvolia, Delia, Bronwen, Athanasia, Zillah and, finally, Thana.” Carla looked at each one as they stepped forward in response to their name, each one dressed in a variation of Lila. Still, he thought resentfully, she was better than the dogs when ya really need to squirt. Goddam righteous women anyway, who they think they were?"Here," Carolyn shoved a stack of water pans in his arms. "Get your mind out of the gutter and let's get the work done around here." Okay, okay," Mario took the pans and walked slowly toward the first row of cages, "but just you wait, hot twat, wait until you're hungry for my meat. Ya know what I'm gonna do then? Ya know? I'm gonna take it out and. I had not suffered a shipwreck, but the crew of the good ship Bonaventure insisted all my clothes be destroyed when I boarded the vessel after rolling around in an effluent rich stream while grappling with Lord Byron.A month after my arrival in Blanchards I obtained replacement clothing; coats and trousers, from a tailor in Valenciennes ... However these garments were more functional than fashionable, and I noted many amused glances thrown my way when walking along the Strand, the Mall, and. . ugh, I don't know how to say this." Naiya started and then covered her eyes as she paused to collect her thoughts trying hard to remember the speech she'd been practicing in her head for over a month and failing miserably until she finally decided to just let it come as it would, but not before once again insisting that Ashlee sit down. When she did, in the same chair she had been sitting in the night they had first kissed not all that long ago, Naiya took a deep breath and finally started.