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142 THE WHITE SLAVE MARKET
"Left alone with the old Count, I longed
to escape, but there was no place where I
could turn, and the man seemed to he getting
stupid and dull. I had to submit to his
degrading caresses, but before half-an-hour
had passed he fell fast asleep.
"
His breathing was so heavy I was afraid
he would die. But I was saved further insufferable
humiliation at the hands of the
maudlin, sensual old beast, and I was grateful
for the respite. This ended my first ex-
'
perience of the licentious
Would that my
old reprobate.'
career had ended where it
began. Alas ! I was not free. I moved
about the room and examined everything in
it, wondering whether Paul would come to
me soon.