"Anthony, Piers - Incarnations 04 - Wielding A Red Sword" - читать интересную книгу автора (Anthony Piers)

' 'I didn't even have to lie, really, but I would have. I know
you're no thuggee, and whatever you did do to make you
hide is no business of mine. We cover our own, here."
He continued with the salve, not trying to speak.
"You do a good job," she added reflectively. "Your
hands are clever. You get me covered much faster and
better than I could do myself, even in the easy places.
That girl I had before never was much good; she'd tickle
me in one place and skimp on another."

Which meant that she had been at risk for burns from
the stomach acids. Mym knew she didn't like that!

"Do you know why I asked for you to help me?" Pythia
ontinued. "It wasn't because you are good. It was be-
ause I can get any ten men to do this, but their hands
would be sweating hot and their eyes would be hotter. I
don't like having a man do itЧnever since one got carried
away two years ago and tried to rape me." She smiled
reflectively. "The only reason he missed was because the
salve made me too slippery to hold. Actually, I'd have
given it to him, if he'd asked; I can take a man or leave
him, anytime. What's a little thing inside me for a minute,

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compared to what I go inside of for my act? But I don't
like to be forced. So I told the master, and he made a
eunuch of that man. I was the lead act, then, you see.
Don't misunderstand; I'm not jealous of Orb. I'm in this
for the money, and she brings in three times as much as
we ever had before, and the master is generous when the
takings are good. And you, tooЧyou're bringing it in
nicely, too, and that's so much the better. But that's what
I'm saying; when you're with us, we take care of you,
and you take care of us. The master took you on because
Orb asked him toЧand now he'd do anything you asked,
too, because you're good for the show, Mym, you really
are. But I asked for you because I knew you could handle
me without making a move." She meant the handling
physicallyЧhis hands rubbing salve into every part of
her, public and private.

He was finished, now, and her act was almost due. She
turned to speak directly to him, as she slipped into her
scant costume. "I know you get hard when you stroke
me; any man who's a man does. When he doesn't, I'll
know it's time for me to retire. But you wouldn't try to
force me, because you're the most disciplined man I ever
metЧyes, you are, even if you try not to show it!Чand