I must prepare myself as HE has told me to before I enter HISdoor. At one time, that was a hard task for me, but not now. The flickers ofshame and di...gust at myself I experience are permitted, so long as theydon't prevent me from completing my task.My mother smiles at me as she drops me off. She has no idea what goes oninside. Nor can I tell her. How could a nine-year-old boy tell his motherhe is evil?It has been two years since my first Visit, but I cannot recall most ofthem, except in. "When we have had all this shaved, I might even try these pleasure entrances myself," said the Emir, "Of course, no civilised man would enter you at the moment for you have all the appeal of a hairy dog. However, there are lessons you must learn. I told you of your status and of the manners expected of you. You denied the truth of what I said, and you failed to show the respect due to your Master. For those offences I think three strokes will suffice at this time. I will show that leniency. We all kissed our wives and left them to go while we went back to the bar for a couple of drinks to let them get ready, where I also took out some aftershave for us to put on so we all smelled the same as well. I have to say this was a very weird half an hour with not much being said - but no one chickened out. I then took the guys one by one and gave them a room number and key and said to wait in the bar when finished until everyone was back, then we could go back to our own wives. I had. We also enjoyed the food we had in Natralis so much, the girls have been asking me to resupply the ship with Maliri cuisine.”Ceraden chuckled and said exuberantly, “Do not worry about a thing, my friend! I will speak to Meruan and invite him to join us. You’ll find him a most agreeable fellow, and a pleasure to trade with. I’ll also arrange to have you provisioned out of my own pocket. Consider it an apology for the females of my species.”John grinned at the cheerful merchant, and said, “You.