CHAPTER 22"Our number is always maintained constant; affairs are somanaged that we are always sixteen, eight in either chamber, and,as you observe, always in the uniform of our particular class;before the day is over you will be given the habit appropriate tothe one you are entering; during the day we wear a light costume ofthe color which belongs to us; in the evening, we wear gowns of thesame color and dress our hair with all possible elegance.
The superintendent of the chamber has complete authority overus, disobedience to her is a crime; her duty is to inspect usbefore we go to the orgies and if things are not in the desiredstate she is punished as well as we. The errors we may commit areof several kinds. Each has its particular punishment, and therules, together with the list of what
