The Slave Girl Chapter 8
Chapter 7"I catch you if you fall." The corporal promised expansively. Then extended himself to humour. "I also catch you if you run."They did not run.In the cell their arms and wrists were freed. In their barred confinement their irons became more practical. They had little need to walk. From one side of their prison was only three or four dragging steps, the rest of them was free. If they stood still they could enjoy a false sensation of liberty. But this reflection was grim. It meant that,...