‘Now,’ he said, ‘bend over and touch your toes.’
He began to pull hard on the two ropes, one attached to the front, one to the back. Gradually she was lifted off the ground.
‘Put your hands on the floor to steady yourself as I raise you,’ he said.
Soon he got her high enough to rest her hands on the floor with her arms outstretched. He knotted both ropes. He tested them; they felt very secure. He could see the ropes were tight round her waist, but not so much it would do her harm.
He needed more rope for the next part. He tied one length to her left ankle cuff, then ran it over to one of the rings on the wall and tied it. He tied the other ankle to a ring on the opposite wall. He pulled each of these ropes tighter and tighter until her legs were stretched out almost horizontally, so th
