Donne had been in the audience, a spectator of this exclusively aristocratic masquerade, a watcher not a participant, as always. By now, further guest... had swelled the numbers in the hall, the musicians struck up and the dancing began. By choice, he withdrew, deliberately an observer on the edges of society.He only had eyes for one slight figure twirling in the throng. She might be masked and in costume from the earlier masque but she was instantly recognisable to him. His heart missed a beat. The floor she was kneeling on was hard. Her nipples stood erect in the cold air, as did Alison’s. Eloise and PeterThere was no screen for Eloise and Peter to get undressed behind. “Just put your clothes on the teacher’s desk, thank you”, Mr. Hubermayer said. Then stand in the center of the circle of easels.”They both did. Peter was relieved that his penis was flaccid. “The paintings we are producing today will form part of the school’s ongoing Romeo and Juliet project. They will show the lovers. "You have grown quite bold child...but the time for games has long sincepassed." Francis settled on the talisman hanging about her neck. Thecrudely sharpened silver crucifix struck at some of his oldest memories.He had seen it somewhere else, but where. "You hast become a most worthyadversary. It is a shame that we could not share our battles, we couldhave been formidable allies." I see the doubt in thine eyes. Perhaps this little bauble is of interestto thee." Samantha pawed the silver. Catherine shook her head furiously, she had not, and if she were able would tell Joan she had no desire to whipped by one now...until of course she remembered Tony’s last words to her about ?obedience training.? In fact, in the hands of a woman, who knows just where it hurts most, the ?Cat? can be a most fearsome weapon. Conversely a woman would also know just where it can excite and inflame her desire. So Catherine was treated to a mixture of both pain and excitement. With alternate light and.