CHAPTER THREE
Upon entering her own class some distance away in the rambling old house, Barbara was delighted to see that Jeannie and Annette were there before her. Although it made her slightly uncomfortable to notice that both were clad only in the skimpy loincloths that she had seen Annette wear on her last visit, her embarrassment at their semi-nakedness was outweighed by her relief at seeing someone she knew.
After all, she reasoned, they live here, and that seems to be some sort of uniform. Besides, I have to learn to ... her mind searched for the words Coretti had used the night before-to see the human body in a new perspective, without the prudery of the outside world.
Her strange encounter with the burly leader of the commune had affected her oddly. Already she felt freer than
