. do that ... to her too?”“I don’t think so. Not yet, anyway. But he will soon.”Sandy was not happy. “I don’t think this is a good idea at... all mama” she said heatedly. “I think you should run him off. He’s got you to thinking crazy thoughts.”Maude put on a stern face. “Now you listen to me, girl. Tawny is plenty old enough to be husband hunting, if there were any decent men around to hunt. So are you, and Beth is way past the age when she should have been married and had a couple of young ones. If I tell you that you can kiss it then you may.”“But can you tell anyone else to do it?” I asked sheepishly.“I think I made myself clear that I had no interest in anyone else doing it. In fact, part of the reason I am training you is that I want you to do it – just how I like it. We don’t have an open relationship and never will – so I want you to get out of your head right now that is something that is going to happen,” she insisted I understand that before continuing.I’ve since learned that. Still, it stands toreason, Carol thought, idly soaping a smooth, tanned calf; it was loveof shoes that kept him at the shop, why not Tanya too? Carol suspectedshe had as many, if not more shoes herself. Fifty-seven pairs at thelast count, and never a sole had touched a pavement or street. Shelonged to be able to walk outdoors in them with the easy self-assuranceof a woman like Mrs Verity. She couldn't get the image of her, at the moment she first walked intothe shop, out of her mind. It had. When he woke, Artemus discovered three things. First, he was bound, his limbs pulled taught, spread to four corners, and his arms were sore from the fact that he was dangling from them. Second, he was naked. His armor and clothing had been stripped away, placed neatly against the wall in front of him, along with his sword.Third, he had been oiled. His entire body glistened with wetness, all save his head which remained dry.Confused, he looked around. He was bound by cords of leather to some.