The lusty young men of the village were ever wary when closeted close to the maiden Prissy, for her sire was well-known to be most harsh with those sc...llions employing loose hands on her personage. Thus, poor Prissy was fated to be devoid of spouse and deprived of sensuous intimacies with the opposite gender.The young maiden was pitied by both the married ladies of the village and by the sexually promiscuous young maidens who worked beside her serving ale to the randy males drinking with. It clicked after a while. First, however, I wanted my General license so that I could take advantage of the different bands. I passed it at the end of March. I used a UPS store rental box as an address. I bought the transceiver, the DC power cords, the antenna tuner, the CD for computer controlling the unit, a Morse code key and a good pair of headphones. I mounted a couple of loaded whip antennas to the camper and had another four center-tapped wire antennas wrapped up on giant spindles, like. It was hot in there, but you were just too close to me, and I was really struggling to be a gentleman.” From under my eyelashes I glanced up at him and very quietly said, “What makes you think I want a gentleman?” His whole demeanor changed. With two strides, he was next to me with his hand on my arm. “What do you want, Ash? Tell me.” He held my chin in his hand and made me look into his eyes. “I want to know.” “I want to be conquered.” That’s it. I had said it. What the hell did that even. David wanted another date but Elspeth could no longer take him seriously. It was not as if there was physical chemistry to buttress the relationship. After only two attempts, David Winthrop bestowed a few carefully chosen vulgar words to commemorate the breakup. The biggest hardship were the well-meaning questions about the relationship. David was ‘suitable’, with all that word’s baggage. Holyoke was a relief. The familiar grind of classes and homework worked its magic. If the instructors.