DEFLOWERING PRELUDE

The woman who had accompanied me led me to a sitting room. My owner was there and the woman was acting as interpreter.

The owner was rattling off some sentences in what I assumed was Chinese. The woman translated to me.
"Mr. Lum wants you to be at ease." "He will allow you a night and day to calm yourself." "Tomorrow night I am to bring you to his chambers were he would fornicate with you."

"I am to stay with you as your personal servant." "Anything you desire I will get for you."

I wanted to tell her, "Take me to the nearest American embassy." I knew it would do no good so why embarrass myself.

My lady friend was named Soo Lin. We went to what I was told were my quarters. It was a large room with a large bed and a large tub. That was all that was in the room. Soo Lin started a bath running. I told her I needed to use the ladies room. She pointed to an enamel bedpan in the corner and nodded. That was the ladies room.

I really had to go, so I squatted over the pan and the sound on my urine striking the pan was fascinating. I was surprised that I did not splash myself. After my bath, a long luxurious soak in hot water with scented soap and Soo Lin acting as shampoo girl. Soo Lin showed me a closet. It was full of dresses in different colors. They all looked like a wet dream from the world of Suzy Wong.

The dress I picked was a jade green color. The buttons ran up to the collar. It was semi double breasted. The skirt was a micro mini. Barley covering my panty line if I had any on.

Soo Lin helped me remove the kimono and step into the mini. I asked her for, "Bra and panties."

She said, "None are needed." "You are to have dinner with master tonight and he will be most pleased by your attire."

I thought to myself I was more decent when I was naked. The side of the mini had a slit that ran almost to the belt line. When I took a stride I was completely exposed.

I supposed that was the purpose of this dress. I tried to remember make this man happy my life may depend on it. I was taken to the main dinning room. It had no chairs; the table was perhaps 18 inches off the floor and Mr. Lum was seated cross-legged on a cushion. I sat as gracefully as I could. My bare bottom felt strange sitting on the cushion. I was used to the position. It was one we used in Yoga class. I had used chopsticks before, but I was no expert. A serving girl brought course after course and set them at the table near Soo Lin who served us. She ate nothing herself just the master and I were served.

I tasted everything but did not recognize any of the dishes. The food was excellent.

Soo Lin asked, "Do you recognize what you are eating?" I replied. "No." She started to tell me. I stopped her saying, "Maybe I'm better off not knowing."

Soo Lin giggled and said, "Yes Mistress Patty, you are right." I was served a warm rice wine similar to Sake. It had a very warming effect. It was served in very small porcelain cups. The minute I sipped a small amount Soo Lin refilled my cup. I was feeling the effects of the warm wine and it was making me feel relaxed.

If my deflowering were to be right now I would be at ease. I hoped I had plenty of this warm wine tomorrow night.

After the meal was finished. The only way I knew was the food stopped coming and I was presented with a finger bowl and a napkin.

Soo Lin told me, "Now the entertainment will start." A door opened a group of people came in. Four men had musical instruments. One was like a flute, another like a tom-tom drum. One seemed to be a banjo. Another was a tambourine. Two women also were with the group and they sang in eerie voices to the weird tunes that the band played. I couldn't understand a word of the lyrics and the voices of the women had a guttural sound. When the master, Mr. Lum, started snapping his fingers I realized the music was finished and he was applauding.

The group seemed quite pleased and bowed several times as they backed out of the room.

Soo Lin asked, "Did you enjoy the entertainment Miss Patty?" I said, "It was pleasant but I didn't understand it."

Evidently she translated this to Mr. Lum he nodded in assent. Next a young Chinese girl was brought in. Two adults accompanied her. The girl knelt and said nothing. The two adults started a flow of verbiage directed at Mr. Lum. Mr. Lum said a word or two and the two adults bowed and seemed pleased.

Soo Lin translated for me. "The girl dishonored her parents by bedding with a boy who they did not approve of." "She was to be engaged to another man." "Now this other man will no longer accept her." "This was to be an engagement approved by Mr. Lum."

"He is very angry." "The girl will be punished." A uniformed man entered. "Mr. Lum spoke two or three sentences to him." He stood the girl up on her feet and ripped the dress right off her body. She just stood there making no move to cover her nudity. The older couple, her parents just sat cross-legged on the floor. The uniformed man offered a cane to Mr. Lum. He just waived his hand as if disinterested.

The officer started whipping this young girl with the cane. I watched as welt after welt appeared on her body. The blood was flowing from many of these slash marks. She screamed after each stripe was applied. But made no attempt to move her body out of the way. It was as if this was something she must accept. After perhaps 25 stripes were on her body from her shoulders to her calves all on the backside of her body. Mr. Lum held up his hand. He said a few words to the parents. They responded to him.

Now he spoke to the girl and she turned facing her torturer. Mr. Lum issued a command and the whipping continued on the front of her body. After perhaps 20 stripes covered her breasts and stomach and the top of her thighs. Mr. Lum held up his hands again and the beating stopped. He said something to the parents and they responded nodding their heads yes.

Now he turned to Soo Lin and gave her an order. She literally jumped up and ran from the room.

In about 5 minutes she returned carrying a pail full of wet towels. Soo Lin started draping the wet towels over the punished girls body covering the open bleeding slash marks. As each towel was draped the girl gave out an agonizing cry. However she stood there with the towels in place. Soo Lin sat next to me and explained.

"The towels have been soaked in coarse salt." "It hurts like all fury but it will heal the cuts overnight." "There will be scars but nothing that she can't live with." "At least she was not branded a harlot." "Then she could never marry."

I was in another culture. I was scared of ever not doing what I had to do. Mr. Lum dismissed the officer and then the parents bowing their thanks exited. The girl also bowed her thanks and backed out of the room.
I was astounded. This man had that type of power. I was either going to be very well cared for or doomed.

Soo Lin took me back to my quarters. She tried to explain. "Mr. Lum was the equivalent of the magistrate and warlord of the region."

"All of the residents of the surrounding city are his vassals." "He decided whom they married, their taxes, their punishments when needed." "He settled all disputes and his word was final." "There was no higher recourse above Mr. Lum in the area."

I was crying in fear when I went to bed that night. Strangely I was aroused. I think the feeling of witnessing all that power was turning me on.

I was still spellbound by the way that girl just stood there and accepted the punishment. Then turned when ordered and accepted more. Then thanked him for it. This was a scary dude. I had no physical attraction for him. He was short and skinny and old, perhaps 45, I couldn't tell ages well and the Orientals were always a mystery to me. He wore horned rimmed glasses. Not my ideal dreamboat. I tossed and turned for hours. My body felt the punishment that girl had withstood. I finally fell asleep I guess because next thing I knew it was daylight.

Soo Lin was in the room with me now. She mysteriously arrived and left almost like a wisp of smoke.

Soo Lin was drawing my bath. I needed to defecate and asked Soo Lin if, "I had to do that in the enamel bed pan also?" She responded, "Yes, but I will clean the pan for you. That is my duty."

It was very awkward for me to squat like that and deposit my dump with Soo Lin watching. I asked for paper to wipe with. Soo Lin produced a large wad of paper and peeled off a sheet. It was a little more rough than American one ply tissue. Nowhere as comfortable as two-ply.

Another lesson learned. I asked Soo Lin where I would get paper when she was not here.

She showed me a drawer set in the bottom of the bed. It was full of paper and other packages.

I asked Soo Lin, "What are they?" She said, "They are Chinese aphrodisiacs." "Mr. Lum always puts his new concubines in this room prior to their deflowering and these are available if the virgin is apprehensive."

I asked, "Were you going to offer me some?" Soo Lin responded. "Only if you showed me signs of hesitation." "You will be much better off with no drugs." "Mr. Lum views drugs as a sign of weakness." I thought to myself I got this far in life without drugs why start now?

To Be Continued...