Chapter Four
Mrs Parker sent her back to the kitchen the next day. Alice was glad to have some mindless work so that she could process what had happened. Some of the physical s*x had not been unpleasant; quite the contrary, it had even been agreeable. But it had not excited her overmuch. Did she expect too much from s*x? Having had so little, had she built up her anticipation of pleasure to an unreasonable degree? Or was it just the particular circumstances? After all, being a w***e would not be generally considered the most certain route to fulfilment. But on reflection, she knew what was missing. Left to her own devices, taking charge of her own satisfaction, she invariably introduced into the act some kind of pain or restraint. Only with this could her s****l imagination be stimulated
