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Chapter 29

           Agirlwhocurtseyedtoamanwhobowed,andthendancedapallidandghostlyminuetwithhim.ButthechiefpiecewasMirabelle,laMaltresse-Machine.Anakedwomanwhowhensetinmotionlaybackinherfadedfour-posterbed,drewupherkneesandthenopenedthemtogetherwithherarms.Asherhumanmasterlayontopofher,thearmsclosedandheldhim.ButdeDeukanscherishedhermostbecauseshehadadevicethatmadeitunlikelythatshewouldevercuckoldherowner.Unlessonemovedasmallleveratthebackofherhead,atacertainpressureherarmswouldclaspwithvicelikestrength.Andthenastilettoonastrongspringstruckupwardsthroughtheadulterer’sgroin.ThisrepulsivethinghadbeenmadeinItalyintheearlynineteenthcentury.FortheSultanofTurkey.WhendeDeukansdemonstratedher’fidelity’heturnedandsaid,’C’estccquienelleestleplusvraisemblable.’’Itisthemostlifelikethingabouther."IlookedatLilycovertly.Shewasstaringdownatherhands."HekeptMadameMirabellebehindlockeddoors.Butinhisprivatechapelhekeptanevenmoretomymindobsceneobject.Itwasencasedinamagnificentearlymedievalreliquary.Itlookedmuchlikeawithered,dustyseacucumber.DeDeukanscalledit,withoutanywishtobehumorous,theHolyMember.Heknew,ofcourse,thatamerelycartilaginousobjectcouldnotpossiblysurvivesolong.ThereareatleastsixteenotherHolyMembersinEurope.Mostlyfrommummies,andallequallydiscredited.

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