I know it's not much but still there is some bruising." Yes, I can see some darkened skin. Would you mind a closer examination? Just for the record Ma...am."'Joan nodded and knelt between my legs that had moved apart. My fingers gently touched her skin directly onto the bruise. Instead of flinching her body seemed to force itself closer. I cupped her large breast and found it to be very firm."There is no doubt you were struck and that makes the crime more severe. Are you sure he didn't hit any. "Where she heard such things, I have no idea. I know that Gustave never used such words."She shook her head sadly.The child seemed to emerge from the spell that held her in its grasp after she had been at the opera house for several months. She would on occasion, seem to slip back into a silent darkness, but for the most part, Christine had been so quiet and reclusive, Antoinette had allowed the girl to do as she wished."If I had just paid more attention to her, perhaps I would not be so. We finished up and I fixed myself up and made our way back to the Church.Luckily for me, Aunty Betty was too busy to notice my absence and the rest of the evening was uneventful. The evening finished at a respectful hour and we all said goodbye to each other and were ready to leave when one of the other adult supervisor's, the deaconess of the church, whispered something to Aunty Betty. This caused me some concern because she might have seen Peter and I leaving the social on our way to our. Anyway, I'll be watching. I may let youcome to me, I may come after you again. You'll never know". That'swhere the recording it had let the Sentinel make for me ended.I dug around in the Sentinel's head, and got the recording device. Iwish I had time to examine it, as it was different than any examples Ihad seen of Sentinel technology that I had ever seen before. And as forits creator, I couldn't even guess yet if it was a man or woman. Threadbeen something familiar about the way they.