Tullia.
So thou wast happy then!
Ottavia.
Having carried his hand higher, he invaded that place which, they say, distinguisheth us from the other sex; ay, it is now a year ago, and ever since a lot of blood doth run from me every month during several days.
Tullia.
Bravo, Caviceo! ah! ah! ah!
Ottavia.
Oh, the rascal! "This part," he saith, "will soon rejoice me exceedingly. Do consent, my Ottavia." A little more and I had fainted at these words.
Tullia.
What did he then do?
Ottavia.
That part of me, thou wouldst scarcely believe, hath a very small slit……
Tullia.
But inflamed, but glowing.
Ottavia.
He thrust his finger into it, and, as the place could barely contain it, I felt a sharp pain throughout all my senses. But he: "I have a virgin," said he, and no sooner said than forcibly my thighs which I kept as tight as ever I could, he threw himself upon me.
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