e thing, she gasped for breath,
flushed crimson, and then turning pale as death, fell fainting at my
feet, before I could catch her in my arms.

Reclining her against the mossy bank upon which I had been sitting, I
rubbed and chafed her hands, squeezing her fingers quite painfully, in
order to bring her to herself, but for several minutes without success,
as there was no chance to obtain either water or brandy in such a place.

Presently she murmured "Fuck me! Shove in into me! I want it all--I
must have it now;" and a succession of bawdy expressions, quite
shocking from the lips of such a young girl, as she could not be more
than seventeen, at most.

It was incredible she could be so depraved, but it seemed a striking
confirmation of what a doctor once told me, viz, that even the most
virtuous girls often use frightfully obscene words, when recovering
from a fainting fit.

Anyhow, I resolved not to take advantage of her, and behave honourably
to her.

As she came round a little she opened her eyes with the question: "Oh!
where am I?" And catching sight of me holding her hands so tightly, all
her shame returned to her in quite an overwhelming sense, and bursting
into tears, she cried so bitterly, it was a long time before I could
reassure her.

Promising to keep the secret of her book, I only asked one thing, and
that was that she would not avoid me, and allow me to see her again.

This of course led to a close friendship between us; I lent her a
variety of voluptuous books, and she let me have the manuscript to copy
for my printer, but would not impart to me how she came by it, saying:
"Some day, perhaps, after I am married, then I will let you Fuck me,
and tell you all; it will not be long, my wedding is fixed to come off
in two months time; I'm a virgin and mean to be so till I have my
husband, but have to thank your forbearance that dreadful day when, you
found my book, and did not take advantage of the situation. I both
respect and love you for it."

She would permit me every familiarity but the one thing. We Frigged,
Sucked, and enjoyed every other pleasure, both abroad, and in my own
rooms, where she would visit me, having perfect liberty, living with an
old nurse of hers; so not a soul in the place knew anything about
either of us.

When we parted it was, "Au Revoir," and some day I may have more to
tell.

THE AUTHOR.

FORBIDDEN FRUIT

How well I remember my early days, almost to babyhoo