Miss Enna was disappointed in my conduct when I was away from her at school teaching.
I had allowed myself to become the pet of my daughter's dance teacher. Miss Enna had captured me almost effortlessly. I don't know how I could have allowed myself, the most conservative teacher, wife, mother, and feminist to become a pet; a plaything.
I do know that having been her pet, having been broken, degraded, and taught my place at her feet, I would rather be her pet than a billionaire. I tried to keep my play with her away from my family, away from my job.
Miss Enna was asked by one of my daughters dance class mates about the rumours she heard. Was it true that Ms Enna was having sex with frumpy old Mrs Thomas?
It was the frumpy that was unacceptable. A pet reflects upon its owner at all times. Her posture, her bearing, her manner, her dress and speech. In all things the conduct and appearance of the pet show to the world the quality of the owner.
A frumpy, unsexy, unladylike pet meant a poor mistress. The owner of a pet shelter mongrel, not an envied pure bred show dog.