After Etienne had abandoned Julienne at Roissy, she knew she was no more free than a bird in a cage, except that she was held there like a slave by her own desire to be a slave, a slave who craves the punishment and humiliation, even though she is ashamed to feel that way….
Of course, Most of the other girls at Roissy were whipped every morning. Immediately before breakfast they were tied to the banister in the drawing room and whipped on their rear, either with a crop or one of the short dog whips that the valets carried. These whippings were not overly severe, perhaps only a few strokes just hard enough to bring a few tears to the girls’ eyes.
But sometimes the morning whipping was different and given only to those who were deemed personal slaves like Julienne. She recalled that from her earlier time at Roissy, and now she was back there. One morning, Pierre, the valet, awakened Julienne and had her bathe and put on her make up. No clothing was allowed, nor was she allowed any breakfast, although she was able to have as much coffee as she wanted, probably to add to her sense of nervousness and to keep her on edge. By then the other girls at the chateau had dressed and finished breakfast and were waiting their turn to work in the library or dining room. They were generally assembled in the central large hall of the chateau.
Pierre took a chain and attached it to the rings that pierced Julienne’s labia. Then he tied her hands behind her back. Finally, she was blindfolded. Then he led her, her mules clacking on the tile floor, from her room down the hall, across the central hall where all the other girls could see her being led by the chain connected to her pierced genitals. Julienne could feel their looks –some of pity, some of disgust, and she suspected even a few of admiration. But Julienne was always humiliated to be led like some animal on a leash, especially when the leash was connected like it was.
She was led into an alcove with a raised stage. There Julienne was laid on the dais, her legs raised and spread, connected to two straps hanging from up right posts that were in turn attached to the leather straps around her ankles. Her tied hands were attached to a ring mounted in the back of the dais. Then the straps around her ankles were tightened. She was violently quartered, her legs quite open for all to see. Only then was the chain leash disconnected from the rings in her labia and the blindfold removed. Julienne knew she was wide open for all to see, for most of the girls and even a few valets came in to watch. Julienne was humiliated and very troubled. She could feel herself becoming wet and her clitoris was peeking out from beneath its hood. She wondered why she felt this way.
She remembered from her first stay at Roissy that sometimes one of the valets would choose a girl to whip whomever was laid on the dais. Sometimes they made them draw lots to determine who would wield the whip. This time the valets chose Niobe, the African girl. They made her also strip naked. The valets told Niobe to play with Julienne for a bit, but not enough to bring on a climax. She did so and wrested a low moan from Julienne. Then at the valet’s direction she stood astride Julienne’s belly and brought the whip down on her loins.
The whipping went on only for about ten minutes. But it was awful no matter what the length. Julienne was whipped hard, her thighs and lower belly marked with stripes. Her genitals with no hair to shield them soon became red and quite swollen. Especially her inner lips, since they were quite large and prominent in relation to the outer ones. Therefore, they received the brunt of the punishment. Julienne screamed and cried and begged for mercy all to no avail. She endured it to the bitter end.
Afterwards, she was left tied on the stage for about an hour. She could feel the welts rising; feel the sore ache in her loins. Feel the others in the room looking between her open legs. Once one of the valets told Julienne that she was whipped on Thursday so that she would be well marked for the weekend. This ensured that any new customers would know right away what type of girl she was and what should be done with her.