Several hour passed before their mentors roused Amanda and Michel from their nap. Their morning routine had taken a heavy toll on them, and it was mid-afternoon when they woke. .
When she finally regained full consciousness, Amanda was startled to find her body espaliered to that of another woman. She had fallen asleep in Michel's arms, and she awoke with her breasts pressed against and her legs entwined with Michel's. During her sleep, her mind had been filled with a confused mixture of erotic images, but she had forgotten where she was and, after waking, it took several minutes for her to reorient herself. Michel, on the other hand, suffered no disorientation and soon rose to relieve her bladder. Following Michel's lead, as soon as Michel reappeared, Amanda did the same.
By the time that she re-entered the bedroom, Michel and her mentor had left and Mary had brought in a tray with her lunch. While she ate, Mary told her that she would be free to spend the rest of day wondering the grounds and getting acquainted with her fellow trainees. However after she had finished her meal, Mary imposed one restriction on her freedom. In her hands she held for Amanda's inspection a peculiar;y constructed garment. On the one hand, it was obviously some sort of blouse. On the other hand, it was equally obvious that its occupant's modesty was not a priority of its manufacturer. Indeed, the fabric was a mesh made out of coarse strands knotted together to form small hexagons through which its wearer's flesh would be clearly visible. In contrast to coarseness of the material, it was beautifully made and, from a distance, could have been easily mistaken for an expensive item coming from a boutique dedicated to haute couture.
"I see that you appreciate the quality of this blouse, and you will soon learn to appreciate its special attributes. Worn, as you are going to, with nothing between it and your skin, it will provide constant stimulation to your breasts and especially your nipples. which will poke through the holes. Every time that you move, the your nipples will shift from one hole to another, producing a delicious if somewhat frustrating sensation. You are to wear this blouse for the rest of the day and in bed tonight, and you are to resist the temptation to do anything which might relieve your nipples from the torment which it is causing them."
Meekly, Amanda donned the blouse and did not protest when Mary drew and tied a strategically positioned ribbon which circled her waist and would guarantee that her breasts would be unable to escape from the tantalizing ordeal prescribed for them, and, as Amanda was soon learned, an ordeal is what it would be Having spent the morning being stimulated, her nipples were highly susceptible and soon responded by first poking through the mesh and then migrating from hole to hole at the slightest provocation. Further, the design of the mesh was insidiously clever. Each time one of her nipples changed holes, the coarse strands surrounding it would impede the transition and exert a little tug, As a result, her nipples quickly resumed the size and rigidity which they had achieved earlier under the pumps. Staring down at them protruding through her blouse, she shuddered at the thought of displaying her rampant teats if she were to follow Mary's suggestion that she mingle with the other girls.
In spite of her reservations, because the alternative meant spending the evening alone with no distraction from her torment, Amanda eventually decided to leave her room and went down stairs. With each step, her generous breasts swayed, cruelly dragging her distended nipples from trap to trap as she descended. At the bottom of the stairs, she heard voices and, screwing up her courage, headed in the direction from which they came. Entering a large room filled with comfortable looking furniture, she found five girls, all approximately her age and all attired in ways designed to focus their attention on some portion of their sexual apparatus. Two of them were wearing blouses like her own, one of them had her breasts encased in a bra consisting leather straps which circled her them at their base and thrust them into obscene prominence, and two wore wide belts to which were attached straps that crossed their tummies on their way to their crotches, where they bisected their separated labia before re-emerging in the rear between their buttock and buckling to the back of their belts.
Seeing that her own plight was no worse than that of these other girls reassured Amanda. In addition, her vanity was gratified when she noted that, with the possible exception of the girl with the straps binding her breasts,none of them had a better figure than her own. Thus, with renewed confidence, she introduced herself and was soon found herself engaged in conversation. Although she was curious about the stimulation which her peers were experiencing and, in particular, wanted to know what it felt like to to have a strap embedded between ones labia, she recognized that there was a tacit agreement to not inquire about such matters. Instead, in so far as it was possible to ignore the blatant exposure of breasts and genitalia, the girls behaved as if they were attending a conventional afternoon gathering. They maintained the same demeanor when, an hour later, they were called to dinner, where they sat primly on leather chairs at table and ate with silverware off of fine china dishes on linen placemats.
By the time that they finished, it was past ten o'clock. After bidding one another goodnight, each girl was escorted back to her bedroom by her mentor. When Amanda returned to hers, she realized how tired she was. Looking forward to sleep, she performed her usual ablutions and lay down on bed hoping for a good night's sleep. However, before she could settle into the bedding, Mary leaned over and , after bending Amanda's forearms toward her biceps, secured them in place by means of a sturdy cloth strap that ran behind her back at the level of her shoulder blades and attached to cuffs on her wrists. Seeing the questioning look on Amanda's face, Mary explained.
"You have spent the day having your body systematically stimulated, and it is only reasonable to assume that you will be tempted to relieve the resulting excitement by masturbating during the night. Although we at the Cumberland School do not condemn masturbation per se, we feel that it can dull your senses so that you do not profit fully from the experiences which you are here to receive. For this reason, I have bound your wrists so that your fingers cannot reach that portion of your anatomy which is most susceptible to their touch. In addition, although your hands can still reach your breasts, you will find it difficult, if not impossible, to protect your nipples from the holes in the mesh which, each time you turn over or shift positions, will tweak them and remind you of the duress under which they have been purposefully placed. I wish you a good, if not entirely sound, sleep."
Tired as she was, Amanda had no trouble falling asleep. However, her sleep was interrupted several times during the night. Each time that she changed positions, the mesh of her blouse forced her nipples into different holes in the mesh and held them captive to be while to scraped against the sheets. Unable to use her hands to either protect or console them, several times she was close to tears before she resigned herself to her fate and fell back to sleep.