"She's one of the town's current scandals, replacing poor Peggy Shippen, I suppose." He laughed again, shaking his head. "Among the corps of wagging t...ngues, she is the scarlet whore of Babylon, the quail of the ball." I thought, but, well, she said that, she told me she was his daughter." I spat into the dust and wondered if I was a fool."Did she feed you the prisoner story or the cruel father tale?"A bit of both I suppose." She's wonderful isn't she, and she's only sixteen they tell me. I did. ?Bessie!? she called out. ?Come here!? The naked girl came reluctantly from cover on all-fours. Trained to be unable to consider any alternative to immediate, unthinking obedience, she bounded over to Magda and sat at the latter’s command. Magda clipped the leash to the girl’s collar, ignoring her tiny whimper of protest. Bessie didn’t like to be leashed, and she liked being muzzled even less, whining piteously when Magda rammed the blunt leather cone over her nose and mouth and secured it with. ’Donna giggled. ‘I think I can take that as a yes then!’‘I need to pop back home first, just to check on Aggie. I’ll be two minutes.’ I said as I stood up.Donna gave me a fabulous smile. ‘Two minutes and no more.’I shot out and hurried over to my house where I topped up Aggie’s water bowl and grabbed the ring, which was my real reason for coming back.Donna was sitting where I left her but there was no doubt that she’d moved. When I’d left she had been wearing a nightdress of some type under her. "Mom nodded and told her, "Needless to say, this is a bit of a surprise."Aunt Kelsie came over and my friends moved back to give her room. Shebent down beside me, taking my hand in hers and looking me in the eyes."I'm so sorry," she told me sympathetically. "Going through your twistis never easy, and it looks like you went through a doozie..." You can say that again," I muttered."It looks like you went through a doozie," Christine commented with aninnocent look. When I glared at her, she.