menacinglyheadvancedowardshemawomancriedouinfearhelinewaveredaismosimmediaelyhreaenedpoin，hensiffenedagain，soodfirmheconsciousnessofbeinginoverwhelmingforcehadgivenhesesighseersacouragewhichhesavagehadnoexpecedofhemakenaback，hehaledandlookedround

“whydon’youleavemealone？”herewasanalmospinivenoeinhisanger

“haveafewmagnesiumsaledalmonds！”saidhemanwho，ifhesavagewereoadvance，wouldbehefirsobeaackedheheldouapacke“hey’rereallyverygood，youknow，”headded，wiharahernervoussmileofpropiaion“andhemagnesiumsalswillhelpokeepyouyoung”

hesavageignoredhisoffer“whadoyouwanwihme？”heasked，urningfromonegri

ingfaceoanoher“whadoyouwanwihme？”

“hewhip，”answeredahundredvoicesconfusedly“dohewhippingsunle’sseehewhippingsun”

hen，inunisonandonaslow，heavyrhyhm，“wewanhewhip，”shouedagroupaheendofheline“we–wan–hewhip”

ohersaonceookuphecry，andhephrasewasrepeaed，parrofashion，againandagain，wihanevergrowingvolumeofsound，unil，byhesevenhoreighhreieraion，nooherwordwasbeingspoken“we–wan–hewhip”

heywereallcryingogeher；and，inoxicaedbyhenoise，heunanimiy，hesenseofrhyhmicalaonemen，heymigh，iseemed，havegoneonforhoursalmosindefinielybuaabouhewenyfifhrepeiionheproceedingsweresarlinglyinerrupedyeanoherhelicoperhadarrivedfromacrosshehog’sback，hungpoisedabovehecrowd，hendroppedwihinafewyardsofwherehesavagewassanding，inheopenspacebeweenhelineofsighseersandhelighhouseheroarofheairscrewsmomenarilydrownedheshouing；hen，ashemachiouchedhegroundandheengineswereurnedoff：“we–wan–hewhip；we–wan–hewhip，”brokeouagaininhesameloud，insisenmonoone

hedoorofhehelicoperopened，andousepped，firsafairandruddyfacedyoungman，hen，ingreenvelveeenshors，whieshir，andjockeycap，ayoungwoman

ahesighofheyoungwoman，hesavagesared，recoiled，urnedpale

heyoungwomansood，smilingahim–anuncerain，imploring，almosabjecsmilehesecondspassedherlipsmoved，shewassayingsomehing；buhesoundofhervoicewascoveredbyheloudreieraedrefrainofhesighseers

“we–wan–hewhip！we–wan–hewhip！”

heyoungwomanpressedbohhandsoherlefside，andonhapeachbrigh，dollbeauifulfaceofhersappearedasrangelyincongrousexpressionofyearningdisressherblueeyesseemedogrowrger，brigher；andsuddenlywoearsrolleddownhercheeksinaudibly，shespokeagain；hen，wihaquick，impassionedgesuresrechedouherarmsowardshesavage，seppedforward

“we–wan–hewhip！we–wan…”

andallofasuddenheyhadwhaheywaned

“srumpe！”hesavagehadrushedaherlikeamadman“fichew！”likeamadman，hewassshingaherwihhiswhipofsmallcords

errified，shehadurnedoflee，hadrippedandfalleninheheaher“henry，henry！”sheshouedbuherruddyfacedcompanionhadboledouofharm’swaybehindhehelicoper

wihawhoopofdelighedexciemenhelinebroke；herewasaconvergensampedeowardshamagiccenreofaracionpainwasafascinainghorror

“fry，lechery，fry！”frenzied，hesavagesshedagain

hungrilyheygaheredround，pushingandscramblinglikeswineabouherough

“oh，heflesh！”hesavagegroundhiseehhisimeiwasonhisshouldershahewhipdescended“killi，killi！”

drawnbyhefascinaionofhehorrorofpainand，fromwihin，impelledbyhahabiofcooperaion，hadesireforunanimiyandaonemen，whichheircondiioninghadsoineradicablyimpnedinhem，heybeganomimehefrenzyofhisgesures，srikingaoneanoherashesavagesruckahisownrebelliousflesh，orahaplumpincarnaionofurpiudewrihinginheheaherahisfee

“killi，killi，killi…”hesavagewenonshouing

hensuddenlysomebodysaredsinging“orgyporgy”and，inamomen，heyhadallcaughupherefrainand，singing，hadbegunodanceorgyporgy，roundandroundandround，beaingoneanoherinsixeighimeorgyporgy…

iwasafermidnighwhenhesofhehelicopersookisflighsupefiedbysoma，andexhausedbyalongdrawnfrenzyofsensualiy，hesavageysleepinginheheaherhesunwasalreadyhighwhenheawokeheyforamomen，blinkinginowlishincomprehensionaheligh；hensuddenlyremembered–everyhing

“oh，mygod，mygod！”hecoveredhiseyeswihhishand

haeveningheswarmofhelicopershacamebuzzingacrosshehog’sbackwasadarkcloudenkilomereslonghedescripionofsnigh’sorgyofaonemenhadbeeninallhepapers

“savage！”calledhefirsarrivals，asheyalighedfromheirmachine“mrsavage！”

herewasnoanswer

hedoorofhelighhousewasajarheypushediopenandwalkedinoashueredwilighhroughanarchwayonhefurhersideofheroomheycouldseeheboomofhesaircasehaledupohehigherfloorsjusunderhecrownofhearchdangledapairoffee

“mrsavage！”

slowly，veryslowly，likewounhurriedcompassneedles，hefeeurnedowardsherigh；norh，norheas，eas，souheas，souh，souhsouhwes；henpaused，and，aferafewseconds，urnedasunhurriedlybackowardshelefsouhsouhwes，souh，souheas，eas…

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