Butler s DelightsChapter 3 Kobekistan
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When they landed at Kobek International Airport there was an awkward moment as the stewardess attempted to persuade Janice and Tamsin to wear large tent-like over-clothes known as abayas. She assured them that all women wore them, but they were having none of this nonsense and insisted on leaving the aircraft in their normal Western clothes.
At the foot of the steps there was a dark-skinned man in the traditional shalwar kameez waiting for them and he had a Rolls-Royce there.
"Welcome to Kobekistan," he greeted them, "I am Kamal Qumsiyeh, Head of Protocol to the Emir. Please come with me."
"Are you sure you have the right person?" asked Henry.
"Assuredly, Admiral Hargreaves. No one else would be allowed to disembark before you. Please, it is hot today, join me in the motor car."
The four of them sat in the Rolls and it purred away from the aircraft. As Tamsin looked back at the airliner, she could see the other passengers descending the steps.
'Wow, ' she thought, 'Daddy must be important. And the man called him Admiral!'
This had made Henry wonder also, and he inquired, "Why did you call me Admiral?"
"Because that is the correct rank in the Kobekistani navy for the man who is in charge of the Imperial Voyager. I suggest you change into uniform before we go aboard. Appearances are important here. Also I will arrange for the cabin crew of your aircraft to be whipped. They should have provided abayas for your women. Fortunately there will be some on this vehicle."
Janice and Tamsin both noted the word 'whipped' and were horrified, but it was Henry who answered, "They did offer abayas, but the ladies declined."
"That was most unwise. No woman is safe in the street here without covering. She is assumed to be..." Kamal Qumsiyeh searched for the right word, " ... not nice."
Tamsin asked, "Would they really be whipped, like a horse?"
Their Arab host ignored her question.
After some moments Henry said, "Yes, I'm curious also. Are you not going to answer my daughter?"
"The answer to her question is yes, and to yours is no. It is not seemly for a female to have a conversation with any whole man who is not her husband or father."
The two hour journey to the port of Mayia Asrag on the coast was passed in silence, punctuated only by the occasional comment from Kamal Qumsiyeh as they passed important landmarks. At the dock gates he left the Hargreaves in the car while he went into the gatehouse.
Emerging a couple of minutes later he said, "The Harbour Master has placed his facilities at your disposal to shower and change."
"Thank you," said Janice.
Still addressing Henry, he continued, "The women will remain in the car. I will give them abayas to wear. The dock workers are not the sort of people who will ask questions if an uncovered woman appears. The driver will bring your case in for you if you indicate which one contains your uniform."
Henry was surprised to find that their luggage was in the boot of the Rolls, and quickly indicated the suitcase he needed. In the gatehouse there was nobody apparently on duty, but the chauffeur led him into a small ready room and pointed out the bathing facilities.
When he had taken a welcome shower and changed into his uniform, Henry repacked his case and walked out into the office. There he was greeted effusively by the Harbour Master who was clearly eager to please this important man.
Back in the car, they drove to a large ship and walked up the gangplank. A bosun's whistle piped them aboard and an immaculately clad young Second Officer greeted Henry.
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An hour later, she had had a whirlwind meal, and been bathed and shaved and scented and powdered by two girls little older than herself. A number of other, very embarrassing, things had been done to her, including an enema, and she had been massaged with warm oil, which had also been worked deep into her lower bodily openings. Dressed in her brassière, though without the handkerchiefs to pad it, knickers, and school uniform again, Tamsin was escorted along a corridor and left in a luxurious...
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That afternoon, the Admiral sat chatting to Janice about nothing in particular. Their conversation had the peculiar stilted manner of two people each of whom was waiting for the other to be the first to raise some very delicate topic. Promptly at three the following afternoon, Qubilah was escorted into the room. At Henry's nod she removed her abaya to reveal that beneath it she was stark naked, except for a pair of slippers. Her labia glistened with oil, and Henry had no doubt that her anus...
Two days later, just as Henry was about to order the gangplank raised in preparation for his first training cruise, a car drew up and a woman in an abaya got out, accompanied by a large eunuch. Henry met them at the head of the gangplank. "Master," the eunuch said, "His Magnificence, the Emir Mahmoud Abdullah, may he live for ever and have many sons, sends this concubine as a gift." Henry paused for only a moment and then said gravely, "My most grateful thanks to His Magnificence, the...
When all was in order and the ship was well out to sea, Admiral Hargreaves turned to the Second Officer and said, "Mr. LeBoeuf, you have the con." "I have the con, Sir." Henry went below and in his stateroom he ordered the new concubine to be brought to him. A few moments later she entered, still shrouded in her abaya, and made deep obeisance before him. When she showed no sign of standing again he asked her to rise and she did so. The eunuch came forward and at Henry's nod lifted the...
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In the corridor outside the stateroom where they had been taking coffee and brandy, the Emir did not look back, but strode along to his suite, politely holding the door for Emma to precede him. Inside the Emir's stateroom, he turned to the eunuch and said, ~I do not wish to be disturbed until the morning.~ Taking Emma by the arm he led her into a sumptuous bedroom where there were two other eunuchs, two young women in shift dresses and a nearly naked Arab girl. "Out," he said, and the...
The following morning Emma rose swiftly from the Emir's bed and this woke him. "Where do you think you are going?" he demanded, "I have not said you may leave yet." "My daughter needs me," she replied, without thinking, then realising who he was she added, "If I may have your permission, darling." "You certainly do not have my permission to call me 'darling', though you may go to your daughter. You will return here this evening at ten and I will decide then whether I want you...
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"What happened to you?" he asked, in a not particularly kindly tone of voice. Emma burst into tears. "They fucked me, three at once, and then they had some sailors masturbate on to me." "Which three?" "The Captain, that Second Officer and the Arab who brought me back. It was the Emir's idea of punishment." "I see," Thomas paused, "Well you heard the orders. Go and lie in the bath with no water in it." Emma looked horrified as she realised he really intended to urinate on...
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Back on the Imperial Voyager, Janice was waiting in Henry's stateroom when he returned from the visit to the Golden Palace. Her heart fell when she saw he had another abaya covered figure in tow. As the abaya was lifted from the female figure, Janice sneered, "What's this? Another concubine I suppose?" Simultaneously Tamsin said, "Yes," and Henry said, "No." Staring at them both, Janice continued, "I suppose the Emir has made a complete tart of her. I wouldn't be surprised if she...
Second Officer Charles LeBoeuf had been contemplating acquiring an English wife for some time. He was well aware that he could not court an English woman while on duty for long periods in the Gulf, and that a mail-order bride, or something comparable, was his best hope. He realised that a virgin was out of the question, but felt that virginity was over-rated. After all, virginity was once-only and in an English bride would always come with a total lack of sexual training. With the return of...
A few moments later, Tamsin was surprised when Charles came into her bedroom in the Admiral's suite. "What are you doing here? My father will be livid if he catches you," she whined. "No he won't. He knows I'm here," said Charles with a firmness he had not shown her before, "Put an abaya on and come with me." "Where are we going?" "You are moving in to my quarters, now," said her fiancé. "Who says?" she countered. "I do, and your father does." "Don't I get a say in...
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Janice moved off after the Emir with alacrity. It had suddenly dawned on her that this man could not only sack her husband; if she annoyed him too much he could have them both beheaded, or worse... Outside, the Emir got into a Rolls-Royce which was waiting and Janice, scrambling into her abaya, joined him. Looking round she realised that all the windows were darkened to provide protection from the sun, and from prying eyes. As the car moved off the Emir said, "You may suck my prick, once...
"How old are you?" asked the Emir when she was firmly shackled in place on the whipping bench in his bedroom. "Twenty-three, Master," she lied. "I'll ignore that reply, because I am in a good mood tonight. Every further lie will get you an extra stroke of the whip," remarked the Emir in a conversational tone. Whish ... THWACK! The efficacy of the blow was totally unexpected and Janice thought the end of the world had come. Henry had whipped her a couple of times, but nothing like...
After they had both satisfied their lusts the Emir rose and spoke to one of the eunuchs, "Fetch Maktum," he ordered, and a eunuch left the room at a run. Several minutes passed and then a tall Arab whom Janice recognised as the Emir's chauffeur came into the room and performed an obeisance before the Emir. ~Are you fit to drive to Mayia Asrag again tonight?~ asked the Emir, speaking in Arabic so that Janice would not understand. ~As the Master pleases, was the routine reply; if his...
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Henry Hargreaves had been the skipper of the Imperial Voyager for well over ten years before the Emir set foot on board again. The vessel had entertained many military conferences and a few private cruises. Every two weeks, without fail, she sailed up and down the Gulf. If there were no passengers on board the staff practised their duties, taking it in turns to be guests It was a great privilege for senior non-commissioned crew members to stay in the guest suites, using all the facilities...
"I don't care what you want. You will eat dinner with us, and you will wear the costume the Emir has ordered!" he raged, "After all he has seen you in a lot less than that, and so have most of the others, I expect." "I ... will ... not!" she said. Turning to the eunuch, Henry took his whip and swung round all in one movement, lashing at her bottom. Whish ... THWACK. Janice yelped, more in shock than pain, for Henry was still not an expert with the whip and the blow had been a light...
As Henry reached the door to his stateroom he heard a woman's voice call, "Admiral Hargreaves." Turning he saw a figure in an abaya, escorted by one of the royal eunuchs, following him along the corridor. He stopped and waited, unsure of who was hidden in the all encompassing Kobekistani outdoor dress for a respectable female. Sensing his uncertainty, she laughed, and Henry correctly identified the low throaty chuckle as that of the older wife, Princess Ayda. "Princess," he said...
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