But then she had been whipped, and upon her return to the area of preparation after her second dancing, Ellen, a mere barbarian, who had seemingly supplanted her in the favored position, had spoken sharply to her, a liberty which might have been authorized, as far as she knew, by the interior whip master.
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"Out, surely out onto the sand!" said the interior whip master to Ellen, uncertain, half in exasperation.
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"Yes, Master!" said Ellen, and hurried out through the silk, onto the sand.
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The first time Ellen had barely shown herself to the men, keeping herself concealed in veils, and had done little more, after her initial, clear and unmistakable acknowledgment of her abject bondage before them, that they would have no doubt as to what she was and how she understood herself, than move about the sand with a certain cold, superior, lofty, regal pride, moving serenely, insolently, about, as a smug, self-satisfied free woman, doubtless of high caste, one secure in her status, one fully assured of her importance and station.
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She had then, with a toss of her veiled head, returned to the area of preparation.
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It was a different Ellen who appeared this time upon the sand, one who seemed uncertain, and frightened.
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With her own hands, but, it seemed, as though with the hands of another, she drew her veil about, drawing it to one side and then the other, this providing a glimpse, then again they concealed, of her features.
But then she had been whipped, and upon her return to the area of preparation after her second dancing, Ellen, a mere barbarian, who had seemingly supplanted her in the favored position, had spoken sharply to her, a liberty which might have been authorized, as far as she knew, by the interior whip master.
"Out, surely out onto the sand!" said the interior whip master to Ellen, uncertain, half in exasperation.
"Yes, Master!" said Ellen, and hurried out through the silk, onto the sand.
The first time Ellen had barely shown herself to the men, keeping herself concealed in veils, and had done little more, after her initial, clear and unmistakable acknowledgment of her abject bondage before them, that they would have no doubt as to what she was and how she understood herself, than move about the sand with a certain cold, superior, lofty, regal pride, moving serenely, insolently, about, as a smug, self-satisfied free woman, doubtless of high caste, one secure in her status, one fully assured of her importance and station.
She had then, with a toss of her veiled head, returned to the area of preparation.
It was a different Ellen who appeared this time upon the sand, one who seemed uncertain, and frightened.
With her own hands, but, it seemed, as though with the hands of another, she drew her veil about, drawing it to one side and then the other, this providing a glimpse, then again they concealed, of her features.
- (Prize of Gor, Chapter )