By this time several other people had crowded round to watch, which I was sure could only serve to increase Beth’s humiliation. I glanced at Pilar and could see that she, like me, was concerned lest things go too far. Fortunately, Matthew decided that enough was enough; he let go of Beth’s wrists, got her to her feet and gave her a hug. The five of us moved away into another room; the fat man drifted away, presumably to look for another defenceless victim.
In one corner was a naked man in a cage. There was no one nearby and I was curious who had put him there and why, so I engaged him in conversation.
‘Mistress has put me here for the evening,’ he said. ‘I expect she’s somewhere around getting fucked.’
‘She leaves you here while she goes off with other men?’
‘I’m a cuckold,’ the man s
