ge of the shelter thus afforded me to trace her steps,
unperceived, until I came in sight of the summer house, but to my
dismay, I found that it was impossible to follow her any further
without being discovered. The building was circular, consisting of
woodwork to the height of about four feet and above that glass all
round. It was situated in the centre of a flower plot of considerable
extent in which the bushes were kept down and not allowed to attain any
size.

It was therefore admirably adapted for the purpose to which it had been
applied, as no one approaching it could well see what passed within,
while the party in the interior could command an uninterrupted view all
round and discover any intruder at some distance. I was quite aware
that it was most important to avoid giving her any alarm or making her
suspect I had any idea of her proceedings, and I resolved not to
attempt to approach her that morning. So, selecting a tree which was
situated in such a manner as to command a complete view of the summer
house, I swung myself up into it and soon gained a position from which,
with the assistance of a small telescope I had taken with me, I could
obtain a good view of her proceedings. I very soon discovered that
Betsy's story was perfectly correct. She had apparently no time to
spare, for, taking out the little instrument from its place of
concealment, she seated herself on a couch from which she could command
a view of the approach from the house. Then, extending her thighs, she
drew up her petticoats and, inserting the counterfeit article in the
appropriate place, began her career of mock pleasure.

I watched all her proceedings with the greatest enjoyment, and such was
the effect produced upon me that I could not help following her
example. I drew forth my excited member and, as she thrust the little
bijou in and out of the delicious cavity in which I so longed to
replace it with a better substitute, I responded to every movement of
her hand by an up-and-down friction upon the ivory pillar, with such
effect that, when she sunk back upon the couch after having procured
for herself as much pleasure as such a makeshift could afford, I felt
the corresponding efforts produce a similar effect upon my own excited
reality, which, throbbing and beating furiously, sent forth a delicious
shower of liquid bliss.

I allowed her to get up and return to the house without her perceiving
me, and when we met at breakfast she was