Missy had never gone to church while she was growing up and found it to be as big of a bore as school. She had never owned a pair of pantyhose before;... her stepfather had hated them. She had worn only thigh highs with no panties so he could take advantage of every opportunity to feel her up or have sex with her. Now, Donna expected her to wear pantyhose almost every waking moment of the day. Missy had been making some headway in her conquest of Little Jerry. She had timed it so that he had. But if we survive, we would be sold naked at the slave market at Port Royal and brought by the owner of one of the very many brothels there. Our owners would beat and torture us until we submitted to working as whores. The money paid by the men who used our bodies would go to our owners and not to us.? Inez and Dolores turned pale and began to weep.?The Captain says that he will give us pistols if we are attacked by pirates. He wants us to have a choice between suicide and a life of repeated. "It was appropriate, was it not, that you should be punished in a way directly relevant to your sin? A glutton might be put on bread and water, one who speaks out of turn, denied the use of words, and so on. Is that not appropriate, my child?" Yes, Reverend Mother." And your sin today? Into what category would it fall?"This was easier, and Marie answered with confidence, "Reverend Mother it was a sin of the flesh." Correct, and so the mortification of the flesh seems an appropriate punishment,. My saving grace was overtime at the store, I was often asked to help in the stock room. I was glad to do it, and of course it was difficult for mother to keep track of me.” One night I left to walk home when it started to rain. It wasn’t that heavy at first, but then the skies opened up with a downpour. Instead of taking shelter in a doorway, I started to run as fast as I could. As soon as I got to Elly’s house, I ran up and pounded on her door. She opened it and I darted inside to get out of.