We would kiss and fondle each other whilst alone, and even when her sisters were present, Miss Amelia’s hand would sometimes steal towards my virile...member and trace its outline through my clothing, or take my hand and place it under her petticoats so that I could feel the moist heat of her body. In retrospect it is painfully clear that it was only a matter of time, before something catastrophic occurred. If her sisters noticed anything, they were too wary to reveal anything, partly for love of. He also planned to carry that knowledge forward to the next stream. Miles had talked to almost no one in the area. He left the explanations to the land owner. He could tell them whatever he wanted, Miles thought. The lease dictated the deadline for clearing the gold. His lease was for one year. He didn’t expect to come up short on the deadline. He could have leased it for only six months, if it had been summertime in the mountains. Since it wasn’t it might take a full year to clean the spot. He felt so small, so embarrassed. Slowly he held out his hand remembering how much the cane would sting. Sonia tapped the cane across his palm, lifted it, pursed her lips, and flicked it back down. David gasped. Not as bad as he remembered. “Now bend over you silly silly man,” Sonia ordered. David turned and grabbed a chair. He couldn’t argue. He just accepted, looking at the faces of the laughing smiling women. He thought about all the women he had groped, their breasts, even those he knew. I learned to see with more than my eyes, and hear with more than my ears. Within the infinite possibilities of my own mind, the scene could change to match the lesson, and it did, many times. Jungle, desert, mountain and forest. City, town and village.Time, in the unconscious world where I learned was not the same, it seemed, and Sam and Sammy learned all the Sergeant could teach, until sleep was once more allowed to creep in.I think I woke up multiple times, once while moving, flat on my back.