” I hung the phone up.Harry was looking at me. “How many?”Elroy interrupted him. “It doesn’t matter, be it was one, ten, or ten thousand.”...Harry turned to him. “How can you say that?”“Because as Cal saw, I have a zipper and an extra asshole, from being shot in combat. Cal is my grandson. Period. No further discussion on that subject allowed or permitted. My decision is firm. He cannot marry any of these ladies. But they are all as close to him as if they were each of them his wife. While he was. Why don't you look at the boxes and seewhat's inside, it'll be fun I promise."Morton grabbed the scissors from the kitchen and used them to cut openthe first box. It held nightwear. Teddies and nightgowns and sets ofsilk tops and tap pants, as well as more utilitarian cotton panties, thesurprise was that they were in various colors and patterns. Some of themwere actually grown up underoos specially cut for adult women to wear.Obviously, this woman had a sense of fun and also knew that wearing. And then he was off, running back toward his home in the sheets of rain. I thought I glimpsed him turn back once as he ran, and I imagined that half-smile as he did, before disappearing into the darkness across the road. I felt so lost, confused, happy and mixed-up in that moment. And for a split second, I felt as if the raindrops were falling up up into the night sky, and away... I couldn’t help it. I wasn't myself anymore. Once back inside, I shut the door behind me, leaned back against it,. .. would be treated just like... well... that girl on the deck?“„Just like that, Mr Osman,“ smiled Miss Judith. „Or worse.“„Worse?“Miss Judith laughed again. „You do not imagine, Mr Osman, do you, that my strap across a girl's backside is the worse that can happen to her aboard the `Paradise´?“Quentin hesitated. „Well... I don't know. I mean, I haven't been aboard long.“„No, that's true. But let me tell you that the strap is about the least severe form of puishment a girl can receive.