Chapter Six
The next day people gathered early for the trial. It was held outside, the principal participants on a platform so that everyone could see. One of the older women conducted affairs, acting as judge. The accused woman, quite young, about Augusta’s age, was brought forward. Shamefully she confessed her crimes. Yes, she had sucked the boy’s c**k. Yes, she had allowed him to f**k her, perhaps five or six times. She was asked in what position. Augusta didn’t see the purpose of such a question, besides prurience. But Poppy whispered that some positions of intercourse with a male were considered more culpable than others. If you let him lie on top that was bad. But the worst was to let him do it from behind, doggie-style. Augusta asked why. “It’s demeaning, not compatible with a woma
