“I am in your hands, sir,” she said. “I hope you know also that no matter what depravities we shall explore, I shall always take care of you. I may hurt you but I shall never harm you.” “I have full confidence, sir,” Gretel said. “Very well,” said Angel. “Now, listen carefully. I have invited to lunch an old friend of mine. He is now an elderly man, no longer vigorous sexually. But the spark of lust may still be kindled in him by a scenario of sufficient lubricity, and a girl ripe with the promise of delicious, even obscene perversions. I doubt that he is any longer capable of penetrating a woman, but he yields to none in his enjoyment of a lewd spectacle. I propose to make you just such a spectacle.” “As you please, sir,” Gretel said. She had no idea what Angel might have in mind, but

