.the colors continued to intensify until a pair ofred roses on twisted green thorny vines became clearly visible. Withinmoments I had a tattoo...the t...attoo from the FireQue flask label! Oh Godthis was horrible!Small and just outlined in red and black was the phoenix and the swan,from the label. Turning purple then pinkish to almost disappear again.But not quite, I could still see them both there on my hip.I looked at Lisele astonished. She had seen the pain and consternation onmy face. But. They couldn't get away with this. Surely not! There was no way I would write such a note."You'll be coming with me in a few hours, just in case anyone does call here to find you. We have a special school for new girls. You'll like it. Perhaps... Some of the girls do , anyway."In the meantime, we're going to have a little fun with you first. Break you in, as it were, though perhaps not gently. Not too gently at all, if Mistress Anna has anything to do with it..."The mistresses laughed again.. He wrote a note to himself to see Mansfield Clagett again and wondered if his memory was really getting bad. What had he forgotten about the earlier crime that might be important now? Had he heard about the overseer's knife before? He should have.He remounted and as he rode south saw Lem Clagett's crooked lane in his mind and the dog's body, its head at an impossible angle. Cut, clawed? He hadn't looked, that he could recall, and the crows and buzzards had taken care of the carcass by the time. And, by-the-way, we both still had our socks and shoes on. How completely insignificant.But I knew then to take a mental snapshot of Hermione naked for later viewing, with her knee socks and shoes on, crawling toward me with a Cheshire grin on her face and a little pink in her cheeks.All thought left my brain when I felt her, Her, on me. I hadn't pushed in yet. She was just sitting on me, looking down at my eyes. My hands went to her hips, instinctively wanting to push up and in to her. She.