Part 23
Friday — comes at last
Lizzie exultant.
Her dream of the Mississippi, of being underground with Tom Sawyer had been at times horrible but, in the end, she had beaten Conrad, wrested conÂtrol of the dream from him and manipulated it to her own escape. She no longer needed to fear Conrad, no longer had cause to be worried about the night and what sleeping might bring. Lizzie knew how to deal with what ConÂrad sent her—she could change the dream providing she had time to think and deflect what he sent. Lizzie had indeed won another victory—though, of course, she still did not know how to get home.
Why had the Green Maiden said, when Lizzie had been dreaming, "You can get away, you can escape." She had not said that Lizzie "must try", or "must find a way." It had been more definite. Yet she had not said how—did she know? Or was it just a dream, her own subconscious making things up? A dream within a dream.
Conrad was still in his Tower Innominate. He had scowled at her when she had gone to see him. He had said nothing and she had said nothing until, as she was leaving, Conrad had murmured almost to himself,
"Your last chance Lizzie, I don't want to do this."
"Do what? She had demanded but he had just smiled and turned away.
"Just let me go or you will be more than sorry."
Lizzie had walked away back down the sunny hill to the Great House. The meeting had not spoilt her day at all. She had nothing to fear from Conrad now. She walked the long way to the village, taken tea and cakes and had a very pleasant day only spoiled by Fabian ignoring her as if she had stood him up. It had not been like that, she had not kept the appointment because she had been trapped in Oz but his crossing of the road to avoid her indicated a coolness. It was a disappointment. She would love to have tried again what lay beneath his tunic.
Lizzie sat cross-legged and naked on her bed. She had not had sex all day, had not had sex since her dream of the night before when Tom Sawyer had been with her. She felt in need, there was an itch between her legs. This need was not something she had felt so strongly before, before Conrad had entered her life. She touched her breast, the nipple reacted. Why could Fabian not have been more reasonable to her today? The two of them could be in bed now, she squeezed her nipple, those marvellous egg shaped balls could be sliding withÂin her this very moment or perhaps his cock, which would be a more normal exÂperience—not one she had experienced with Fabian though. Conrad's fault.
Gently at first, her fingertips circled her breasts moving slowly towards the nipples. She squeezed them twixt fingertips—what a pity Fabian was being so standoffish—a hand slipped up a thigh. Lizzie's eye fell on her stool. The special stool she had had made just for her by the Artful Bodger. The dildo, 8 1/2-7 with a middlin' bend, was not in place but it took but a moment for Lizzie to find it and fit it to the stool. She let herself down. It felt so good to have something hard inside her—something that fitted so remarkably well, as if it had been made just for her! Lizzie began to ride, the hard wood sliding freely within her, her thigh muscles working, one hand curling in so its fingers could work her clit, the other at her breasts squeezing and tugging.
Puck watching, mused on the pretty scene of a young girl pleasuring herÂself alone, he was not sure of a more beautiful sight. He would miss Lizzie when she was gone—she had been most diverting—if she found a way to esÂcape of course, but she was most resourceful.
The climax was approaching; Lizzie was almost bouncing on the stool now, her fingers busy. She could feel it building, yes she was almost there and then... gasping, panting with eyes tightly shut she came.
Unlike a real penis the wooden dildo did not self-extract: it remained rigid and hard within Lizzie. She could not just slide off the stool and get into bed but she had to rise, use her thigh muscles to lift her up to stand above the stool, the wood sliding from her, before she would be able to flop into bed.
Lizzie looked back at the wet stick rising from a puddle of moisture. She thought it would have been good to have introduced the Green Maiden to the stool, and she imagined them taking it in turns to ride, each sliding anew on the other's wetness.
She tumbled into bed feeling ready for sleep. "Really tired, really sleepy, really quite worn out, really sleepy, really..."
Lizzie could feel she was on a beach, the sand beneath her was warm and crumbly, and there was the sound of the surf coming up before it ran back down into the sea. She knew she was dreaming again. She laid spread eagled upon sand with the sun beating down upon her naked skin. The light was so bright that she could see red, from the sun's light, penetrating through her eyeÂlids. She could feel the warm sand and took a handful only to let it trickle out through her fingers.
"I've been here before," she thought. Lizzie knew where she was - she was sure she was back on Crusoe's island. Her eyes blinked open. She had loved being here before and not just because of the wonderful swimming, the beauty of the island and feeling of freedom but there was Friday as well. Friday—Robinson Crusoe's native manservant who he had rescued from the CanniÂbals. Lizzie had missed Friday, more than she realised, that, 'comely, handÂsome fellow, perfectly well made, with straight, strong limbs, not too large; tall, and well-shaped.'
Lizzie wandered along the sand looking for Friday. But what an awful SurÂprise she had. Instead of discovering the Print of a Man's Foot she looked up to see fifteen or twenty Savages racing along the beach pursuing her, and by the Swiftness of their Running, no Possibility of her escaping them. Her eyes opened in fear for not only were the Savages armed with Spears but also they were lead by a familiar Figure ridiculously adorned with some sort of headÂdress in Yellow and Black. Lizzie began running but she did not think she would be able to Escape. This was not how 'Robinson Crusoe' was meant to be!
There was a Shout and a Bang, quickly followed by further retorts. It was Friday on the headland with fowling-pieces. Friday took his Aim again. He had already kill'd two of them, and wounded three more. The Savages were, you may be sure, in a dreadful Consternation; and all of them, who were not hurt, turned upon their Feet, but did not immediately know which way to run, or which way to look; for they knew not from whence their Destruction came; they ran about yelling, and skreaming, like mad Creatures, all bloody, and misÂerably wounded, most of them; whereof three more fell quickly after, though not quite dead. Lizzie kept on toward Friday and Safety but looking back she could see Conrad shaking his fist in frustration, disbelief and rage before fleeÂing back with the remaining Savages to the Canoes.