Chapter Thirteen
What happened to Emma (Part One)
Once the servant had departed, Captain Harvey took Emma on his knee and began to kiss and fondle her.
Emma was very conscious of the smell of fish on his breath mixed with the smell of the beer he was still drinking from a tankard, reaching out with his right hand when he was not kneading her breasts or poking fingers between her thighs.
‘I see your body is badly bruised and there are signs of more permanent scarring on your back. Did Mr. Blackstone do this to you?’
‘Yes, Sir.’
‘I’m sure you must have deserved your punishments, Emma. What were the circumstances?’
‘We were kept in cages, Sir before being taken into a chamber to be whipped by the gentlemen.’
‘And this was at Edward Mundey’s home?’
‘Yes, captain.’
‘And there were oth
