EXTRACT FROM: The collector’s edition of Victorian erotica 2004. London: Magic Carpet Books.

The day passed uneventfully and at half past ten we all met in Helen’s room, three ladies in visible but suppressed excitement. ‘We won’t waste time’, I said briskly, ‘so everyone naked please!’ and in a trice I again had the pleasure of viewing their charms. Then I produced the wristlets and straps, the sight of which produced much laughter. Under my direction, Helen and Alice quickly fastened them on Maud’s wrists and ankles.

I made her lie face-upwards on her mother’s bed, and secured her wrists to the opposite bedposts by straps. Then, to her surprise and consternation, and to Alice’s undisguised delight, I directed Helen and Alice to pull Maud’s legs widely apart and strap her ankles to the corner posts, so she lay spread-eagled, exposing all her charms to us and rendering her utterly unable to prevent us from doing what we wished to her! In silence, we gloated over the provocative spectacle. Turning to Helen and Alice, I said, ‘My dears, Maud is at your absolute disposal for fifteen minutes, after which I shall want her for myself! Now, go ahead!’