"THE STORY OF O" "One day, O's lover takes her where they had never been:" "Park Monceau, Park Montsouris and others, in a bright alley, bordered by a thick, dark forest." "Soon it will be night and autumn had nearly arrived." "There, René asks O to remove her underwear." "Inside the car going God knows where" "O dares ask nothing, for fear that driver would turn." "Take it off." "Sit straight in the seat." "Never cross your legs or keep your knees together." "That's right." "Listen:" "Go and ring." "You will follow whoever opens the door and obey his orders." "You want to do it?" "Yes." "And you?" "I'll be there." "Go." "Any other start would be more brutal and simple." "O was driven by her lover and an unknown friend." "The unknown friend said that her lover was in charge of preparing her." "O wondered why her hands were tied, as she was ready to obey her lover." "Perhaps this was one of his desires, to leave her alone waiting pointlessly for half an hour or an hour or two, I don't know ..." "But it seemed a century." "You should not keep your knees together." "Turn her around, so we can see her." "Do you bind her?" "No, never." "Do you whip her?" "Hitting her a little to give her pleasure." "The point is to draw tears from her." "When we punish you here, you will be blindfolded." "But not tonight." "You will see yourself the first time." "You will be proud!" "I want to hear her scream." "Immediately!" "No!" "I can not anymore!" "I beg you!" "No." "It will leave deep marks." "Punishment with the whip lasts forever." "I want to use only the whip." "As you wish!" "René!" " I did it, you see?" " Yes." "For you." "Yes, for me." "Do not stand up; remain seated." "Dress this morning." "It's practical." "Show her why." "Women in the castle and park dress this way." "It makes you available for those who want to use you." "As they want, whenever they want." "Before I tell you all the rules," "I must remind you again you are here by your will, and you are still free to go." "Do you want to leave?" "Don't give me that look, you'll regret it." "Again, Do you want to go?" "In that case, you must obey these rules." "You will be on the path leading to the park." "You are the servant of Pierre." "A servant?" "He will bind you at night." "The strike you, too." "The servants can take us." "Pierre, he is ..." "Do not look him in the eyes!" " He is what?" " You heard." "Not in my eyes!" "I'll be back for her." "Jeanne and Andrée asked her name;" "she responded with only an initial:" "O." "Your lover sent you here?" "You're lucky." "They will be hard with you." "Why?" "You will understand soon." "So ... beautiful lady." "O wondered why the charm and terror were so mixed, and why the terror was so sweet." "Stand up." "Turn." "It's 9 o'clock." "Come quickly and then sleep." "You know that?" "About the sugar?" "I was told." "Enough, we must not talk." " Come, Andrée." " But tell me ..." "My love!" "Come, let me see you." "Obey." "O felt dirty and guilty from the illicit pleasure she'd had in a stranger's arms." "But her lover explained that the more he gave her, the more he loved her." "To offer it to another man was proof that she belonged to him." "One can only give that which one owns." "Don't speak." "Do not talk." "You were told yesterday that during your stay here you must not look the men in the eyes eyes nor speak." "From now on, The same rule applies to me." "I love you." "But before you stay completely silent" "I want to pronounce two words," "The name of the man who brought you here, to whom I'll introduce you some day:" "Sir Stephen." "It's the cloister." "What?" "No, I said nothing!" "I apologize!" "I apologize!" "No, please!" "Do anything but not that!" "Take me, do whatever you want, anything, but not that!" "No, anything but that!" "I'll do what I was told!" "Jeanne broke the rule when I spoke of enclosure." "O never understood what had happened." "Monique, come closer." "Come here!" "I'm going." "I'll only return to take you from here." "When?" "In a few days." "How many days?" "Now, if you wish." "You want to see when they whip me?" "Yes, so I can picture you when I'm away." "Will you be happy?" "I will be." "It's difficult to understand." "I must not speak to you anymore nor look at you." "Look at me." "It is difficult to understand." "But you understand, right?" "Why?" "A long time ago a little girl saw a white rabbit with a watch." "Her name was Alice." "The white rabbit was very late." "She was not surprised that he could talk." "And then?" "Then, she followed him." "Where to?" "In a deep well." "She had many adventures." "Continue." "What was in the pit?" "Sir Stephen." "My hands." "I love you." "I love you." "She won't look." "She wants to." "No, she does not want to." "She is new, is all." "No." "I love her." "She's proud." "Come on over." "Pierre is watching." "Do you like him?" "Yes." "You do?" "I do not understand." "It's a fact, she likes everything that comes from her lover, even Pierre." "She belongs to her lover via all of the strangers." "It was she who gave herself." "I must prepare you." "You will not dine tonight." "Please go to the corridor." "Why?" "I want to be alone, and there's no door" "There are no doors on purpose." "Look at me." "Look at me once." "I won't hit you again ..." "Only pretend to." "Did I force you on the stairs?" "O lost track of time." "The grass darkened." "The days and nights were lost." "The light never faded." "After a few days, time flowed again." "In her velvety night she was liberated." "Get dressed." "We're going." "Take it and put it on your index finger." "Goodbye." "It fits me." "Roissy." "It hasn't changed." "I've lived here for years." "Four years." "I'm going upstairs." "The bathroom." "It's so good!" "This is my room." "Your room?" "You never sleep!" "I have put a gift on your bed." "Strange, I have no recollection of the kitchen floor." "Thanks." "He said she will not be free from now on." "Unless she has stopped loving him and left him immediately." "It surprised her, that after all that he wanted more proof that she was his." "Maybe he knew it but needed to reinforce it as he took strange pleasure in that." "That's not the way you should listen to me." "Come here." "Like this?" "You should keep your lips slightly parted." "In the morning," "Arrange your things." "I will deal with what's useless." " It's me." " Good morning dear." "Sorting your stuff?" "Yes, I already started." " Are you dressed?" " I have my nightgown on." "Take it off." "René?" "Your ring?" "Yes." "Stay naked until I arrive." "Pack everything that can't be slipped off easily or that doesn't open at the front." "Seeing that she had done all he'd asked of her," "René was fascinated she belonged to him so much." "That's right." "Thanks." "Will you make a copy for me?" "Yes, of course." "You look so feminine." "You've changed so much." "But garters ... damage the legs." "They are soft." "O did fifty copies of Jacqueline, nothing like she'd done before." "In his body and his face she found a special meaning." "René, darling." "I'm going out for a little while." "Be ready in an hour." "A car will call." "Dress in black." "Put on the fur." "It's so old!" "Looks great." "Don't be silly!" "Great for a funeral." "Please, it's very important to me." "Well." "You're so beautiful." "My love, Sir Stephen." "René didn't lie." "Martini, please." "It's what you want, is not it?" "Sit." "If you want, we'll dine in the cellar." "It's nicer there." "We will take coffee in my house." "The couch is yours." "René will serve coffee." "Now listen carefully." "René must have told you about his family." "Before he was born," "I was a child to his mother." "Then she left my father." "Then René and I have no kinship." "But somehow, we are brothers." "We have always shared everything." "For the ring you wear, I have some rights over you as do other men who know this." "But they only have fleeting adventures." "With me, you'll have something more serious." "If you agree to it, I will tell you the preferences." "My demands!" "I'm yours." "I'll do what you say." "No, you belong to both of us." "Say the following:" ""I belong to you both and I shall do what you desire."" "I want to hear you say that you are as much mine as you are René's." "But you will have only one master, a very demanding one, because I have a certain taste for routines and rituals." "Out, both you you!" "No..." "I accept that." "Will I be whipped?" "Yes, a few times." "They examined her body in a brutal, abominable way." "She was covered in shame." "Yet despite the embarrassment it will feel like someone going into a familiar dream that is about to begin." "Stay with Sir Stephen." "Do not move." "He'll dismiss you as he pleases." "See you outside." "Thanks, René." "Do you want the car?" "You want to end the dream for fear that no you can't bear it." "Nevertheless, you want to know how it ends." "Sit." " Do you want a cigarette?" " No." "I want to see naked." "Take off your blouse." "I don't like your makeup." "The color is very pale." "Take off your skirt." "You're an easy girl!" "Does René know you desire every man who desires you?" "It's an excuse, this obedience." "No, I love René!" "Yes, but you're easy." "Don't move." "Masturbate." "You don't understand." "Caress yourself." "No, I can not!" "Is this obedience?" "René isn't strict enough." "I always obey him." "You're confusing love with obedience." "You must obey me without loving me." "and without me loving you." "My room is next door." "Good night." "Wait." "It's yours." "Keep it." "The iron will go well with your ring." "Need I say iron?" "Please," "Don't tell René I disobeyed you;" "I swear I'll obey you." "Good morning." "A chaffeur will take you." "A message from master." "René says he can not pick you up in the study." "This is for the next visit" "I have it." "Sounds good." "You seem dangerous." "Who?" "She means:" ""To Sir Stephen."" "But she's afraid." "She fears his words to René." "Why didn't René come?" "If Sir Stephen does not love her, René will stop loving her." "Have you seen Sir Stephen?" "Yes." "Look!" "He gave it to you?" "Really?" "Wonderful!" "I'm proud of you!" "I feel the same." "Have you done the prints?" "No, I have not had time." "Okay, I'm off ..." "Stay." "Don't go." "Jacqueline came frequently." "This pleased René, who found her attractive and wanted to seduce her." "O would have been jealous but there was something worrying her more:" "The power Sir Stephen had over René." "Do not be angry." "I'm not." "I rarely see you!" "Do not touch me!" "And when you do it, it's to find me scarred." "You're in love with him, not me." "Do not be absurd!" "I said two months ago you hit me so hard that the walls could shudder." "But I'm yours!" "Yours!" "Sir Stephen is first!" " Listen." " No." "I understand." "Call by phone." "Tell him I cannot go tonight." "Make up something." "Tonight, I'm yours." "It is impossible." "I'll tell him your words." "Good night." "She couldn't believe he would do it." "But they went." "He stayed long enough to tell." "Goodbye." "Thanks." "He was as pale as she." "O thought he was starting to love her." "He never kissed her." "But that night he was the one who whipped her." "He was so cruel, she lost consciousness." " Is it you?" " Naturally." "Something has happened and I can't decide alone." "I met Pierre in Roissy." " Does he want to be with you?" " Yes, now in a hotel." "Do you want to go?" "Yes." "Go back to your apartment." "Did I not come for you?" "I want you to obey me." "Is that you, René?" "René gave me a key." "I see that you obey me." "You're a very tall girl." "We will depart." "But first, answer my questions." "Since I came back," "Have you ever met another man?" "Desired others?" "Besides Pierre, of course." "A girl, maybe?" "That's it, right?" "Wait." "Is Jacqueline the person René told me of?" "You desire her ..." "Jacqueline is given a great life." "Sir Stephen was speaking about Jacqueline." "But was he listening?" "She was pleased that he was so aware of her voice, of the movement of her lips." "René knows what to say now." "Remember the first time you came to my house." "I gave an order that you have not obeyed." "Do I obey now?" "Yes, whatever you want." "Drink." "I have not seen anyone, not even René, have sex with you." "That does not mean you'll never give yourself to a stranger in front of he who loves you." "He insisted for a long time but she was not listening." "She heard only," ""He who loves you." She needed no further proof." "You're not listening to me." "I'll do everything you want." "I'm yours." "Mine?" "Yours and René's." "René and I have agreed that you can be all mine." "If you have agreed, I want more than words." "If you are only mine, you will be branded." " Branded?" " Permanently." "Finish your coffee." "You are not forced to do anything." "you can always refuse and go." "I'll give you a few days." "It's time for you to take Jacqueline." "Jacqueline, mine?" "I could say," "I'd like to see you with a woman." "But that's not the case." "She must be yours to go to Roissy." "That's not possible!" "Yes." "That is not possible." "I want to be indebted to René." "When she returns, she will be his." "René's?" "Does he love her?" "Did you say that?" "He desires her." "She doesn't." "So first, persuade her to share the apartment." "Another wardrobe for you." "Make yourself at home." "Does René not care?" "No, he's happy about it." "She agreed to come to my room." "That's nothing." "Sir Stephen is right." "She give herself to you." "Good night." "Come here." "Sit down." "Don't be afraid." "Won't René return?" "No, not tonight." "Strange hairstyle!" "Let it out, it's better." "You're so beautiful." "Tell me you desire it." "Yes." "Everything was fine, I'll tell you." "Yes." "Now?" "Immediately." " Was it René?" " No." " Are you happy for me?" " No..." "Well ... yes." "For you." "Now go, you're late." "You will not kiss me?" "No." "See you tonight." "When O returned to the house, she had first been prepared by Norah." "O never got used to stripping naked in front of this woman who never spoke to her." "Now she was taken directly to Sir Stephen, in a room unfamiliar to her." "It's done!" "I knew you could do it." "Take that off." " Should I tell you?" " No, it will be I who tell you." "Stop me if I'm wrong." "You're so beautiful today." "As for Jacqueline ..." " ... you stripped her." " Yes." "You took off her belt off." "You looked her in the eyes and spoke." "He was right." "Only through the photos he knew that Jacqueline loved the pleasure and would give freely to O, without reservation or considering the consequences." "Roses ..." "For me?" "Why not?" "I love you." "Norah!" "Norah!" "Take them!" "They are yours." "You spoke of a branding." " Do you agree?" " Absolutely." "When?" "She will be branded shortly." "I assume you'll be there." "Yes." "Come in and see the house." "This is your room." "Do you like it?" "Yes, very." "Undress, so I can see you." "We'll put you in a corset." "It will be very tight and we will adjust it more daily." "Your waist will be thin." "Your stockings." "They're a bad idea." "Who wanted them?" "The boy who gave it to me." "René, you know him." "Kneel." "O, are you willing to accept wearing Sir Stephen's rings and marks, without worrying where they came from?" "Yes." "I'll go with him." "Stay here." "You are certainly mine." "Your companions." "Yvonne, Claire," " Andrée ..." " I know." "And Therese." "I know, too, from the school." "Be still, Therese." "Yvonne, put the corset on her." " Please, help." " Of course." " I'm glad to see you." " I say the same." "Tight." "You'll be more beautiful." "Come here." "When did they whip you?" "Two or three weeks ago." "We don't whip here." "Except tonight." "For your arrival." "O found in the house of Anne-Marie tense attitudes, straight out of children." "I hate losing." "Checkmate in two moves!" " I'm not playing." " Well?" "Cheat!" "That's not true!" "Dirty liar!" "Follow me." "Not you, O." "Who will whip you?" "We'll draw lots." "Are you ready?" "They chose." "Who has the queen?" "Was that planned?" "I never arrange things." "You know that." "Take her." "She's yours." "You can scream." "No one will hear you." "If you scream very loudly..." "Go on, Yvonne." "Faster, harder!" "She must scream!" "She understood that her attachment to René, her days at the castle, her hardships, were the surest way to get him to love her." "Thinking?" "Of him." "If she was strong enough to bear it all, she'll be able to win him." "Andrée's lover brought her here." "Maybe he'll never return." "Why do you say that?" "You're not strong enough." "You'll leave." " Who brought you?" " Anne-Marie." " Don't you belong to anyone?" " Yes." "She belongs to me." "But Thérese is not the only one who sleeps with Anne-Marie." "As in everything, fate will decide it." "¡Anne-Marie!" "What are you doing?" "You're crazy!" "No, no!" "You're crazy." "I don't care!" "I want to die, do you hear me?" "Poor little thing." "Punish me." "I don't care." "Go to your room." "You too." "Come, my love." "Claire will show you something." " Show it to her, Claire." " Sure." "Sir Stephen wants you to bring the same rings." "Once they're on, they can't be removed." "Is it painful?" "No, no more than an earlobe piercing." "But for you, there will be more." "A ring can be removed." "That's the reason Sir Stephen wanted to brand you another way." "Forever." "How?" "You promised not to ask." "I will tell you in time." "Today it's your turn." "Retrieve it." "We haven't drawn lots." "I want you to do it." "Obey me." "No, I can't." "Think of what she did for you." "You must learn." "Sir Stephen told me about Jacqueline." "You have to hit her." "Let's go." "No playing around." "With all your might." "Let's go!" "Harder!" "Enough!" "Forgive me... forgive me." "Forgive me, please." "No." " Are you awake?" " Yes." "Does she love you?" "I already knew." "What happened between you two?" "I want to know!" "I don't care." "Do you know something?" "You will be scarred." "Sir Stephen is here." "Come in." "I must not see you again." "Do you want to bet?" "Of course." "You can still refuse." "No." " May I bind you?" " No." "Don't touch me!" "I want to end this!" "I can't do it!" " I want to go!" " That's fine." "Sir Stephen's chaffeur will bring you to Paris." "There, and he said he loved her and he would give her to others who could not love her." "He'd do that?" "And if so, why?" "Careful." "Thanks." "Thank you so much." "You look better without a hat." "Wait." "It's yours." " Cute daughter." " He's right." "Will you be my daughter?" "I'll be anything." "Give me my gown, please." "Will you be my daughter?" "For the first time you notice something apart from yourself." "Why do you use them?" " Would you like to know?" " Yes." " Are you sure?" " Yes." "Now I belong to Sir Stephen." "I love him." "It's incredible!" "It's incredible!" "You're telling me your dreams." "Sir Stephen," "René," "Anne-Marie, me... me." "Unimaginable!" "There's a character that I don't like at all." "Thérese." "Did you make it up?" "I made up nothing." "What if I want to go to Roissy?" "For me?" "I'd like to see him, just out of curiosity." "I don't want to be touched." "Oh really, like a tourist?" "I'll sleep with René if you'd like." "If you'd like." "Not yet." "When you come to Britain, I will arrange a huge party." "O shall be the queen." "It seems fine to me." "O... come closer." "Turn." "This mark... so lovely!" "Look, Ivan." "I can see it." "Keep that away." "You are leaving?" "I must go." "Ivan took O to his hotel until nightfall." "O's obedience and the marks on her body moved him." "To receive so eagerly from her what he had not yet asked of any other woman!" " Master is in the garden." " Thank you." "What happened?" "I should explain it to you." "It goes so far back." "I swore that no woman would ever mean to me more than a stone I picked up on a beach." "But you, my love, as far as I go, you come with me." "It's true." "I thought I knew love before you." "You may treat me as you like." "Why are you so somber?" "Ivan is madly in love with you." "He begged me to give you your freedom." "He wants to marry you, to rescue you." "I treat you my way, because you are mine." "As long as you are mine, you must obey me." "But you are still free to make the choice to leave." "I told Ivan." "He shall arrive later." "You two are completely mad." "If Ivan hadn't come, what would you have done with me?" "Come." "It's like Anne-Maries!" "You two are always so childish with what you really like." "It's perfect!" "When was it done?" "After you return." "I couldn't show it before I gave you to someone." "To punish you in advance." "But that's what you must do with Ivan." "Punish me." "Call Norah, and leave us alone." "Norah!" "Sir Stephen, please." "On the first floor." "Sir Stephen brought O to Britain on vacation, with Jacqueline and René." "Jacqueline, hurry up." "I'm coming." "How lovely!" "The sea, the colors... and you." "What are you thinking about?" "Would you like to be a pebble?" "I'd love it, if you found me." "I would always be in your pocket." "Is it possible!" " What?" " I lost a bet." "Thérese!" "I'm delighted to see you!" "You're so beautiful!" "Thank you, ma'am." "One..." " ...and a half." " Do you remember that?" "I remember everything." "And Anne-Marie?" "She sent me to one of her friends, a captain." "He has a yacht." "Will you come?" "He's very nice." "He taught me to cast a line." "Can you cast a line?" "I'll teach you." "You put a little fish on the hook then you tug it and wait." "When you feel it move, you begin to fight." "You push and you pull, you pull it forward." "When you feel it's there, you pull back." "You have your legs crossed!" "It's not your business!" "It's for Sir Stephens and others." "It was to avoid you being whipped." "Tea?" "Where were you?" "Did you catch a big fish?" "Yes, a huge fish..." "This big." "My brave little shoulder." " You slept with her?" " Not yet." "What did you say?" "I said not yet!" "Finally!" "You're late!" "Sir Stephen is waiting." "He wouldn't be happy to know a few things." "Like what?" "That she's not so obedient  when she's alone." "She crosses her legs." "She speaks with men." " That's not true!" " Yes." "It is." "It's untrue!" "She was with the Captain all afternoon." "Stop!" "Leave them alone, René." "Come here, O." "I swear it's not true!" "I know it's not true." "The Captain is here." "Good afternoon," "I am delight to see you again." "Maybe it's the emotion, but you are ravishing." "The Captain is throwing a party tonight." "He has some things for you." "En Bali, it's very different." "If you're not accustomed to it..." "Has it been a long time?" "You should go there." "You must know many people." "Yes, mostly during the cruises." "O saw René mad with desire for Jacqueline." "Estaba paralizado por el amor." "Seeing him like this, someone she knew so well," "O was not jealous or sad." "She was mad at Jacqueline." "O could persuade her to give herself to you." "But you'll only have her for a night or two." "It wouldn't mean much." "O is correct:" "Jacqueline should go to Roissy." "And if she refuses?" "You've always trusted in me, René." "She will be yours when O is mine." "I've decided it this way." "You owe me nothing." "I love you more than you think." "And it's thanks to you." "I owe you more each day." "Enter." "What do you want?" "Your forgiveness." "I was jealous." "Unhappy." "I can't bear it when you don't look at me." "I'll do what you want, O!" "I'll kill myself!" "I'll be like Thérese." "Teach me, O." "Thérese learned through Roissy the love of another." "I will go to Roissy." "Take me there." "Having down what Sir Stephen had ordered," "O chose her mask, seeing herself as a bird of prey, naturally trained to retrieve game." "I regret it, O. I want to cancel it." "But the Captain would never forgive me." "Don't regret it." "Everyone knows I'm yours." "Do you know how I feel?" "Extremely proud!" "Was she made of stone or wax?" "Or was she out of this world?" "Sir Stephen admired her insolent nakedness and her immense power." "Unos días más tarde, O condujo a Jacqueline a Roissy." "¿Y tu?" "I will be here." "Go." "Some days later, I brought Jacqueline to Roissy." "Jacqueline asked me:" ""And you?"" "I replied:" ""I'll be here." "Go."" "And she went?" "Yes." "I love you." "Why are you smiling?" "You said you love me." "But if I asked you to take one of the hard tortures I tolerated for you, would you accept?" "I think so."