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Hazel did as he asked, and he bound them all together, which is what she expected, but then the rope came around the front of her neck and back around her hands and legs. He pulled tightly, and the string bit into her throat. %u201cOuch,%u201d she said. He cut the string, pulled her hair and tied the string tightly several times around it, and then he walked with the ball down to her legs, passed the string over them and down across the crack of her bottom. He reappeared, to her amazement, from under the table in front of her, made a loop of the string, and put it over her left ear.He then took the string and tied it to the two strings going from her neck to her feet, and passed it once more around her face, across her mouth below the top jaw.And after a few minutes appeared from under the front of the table, looped the end of the string, and put it over her right ear. He looked over at Gideon and said, %u201cAre you following this okay?%u201d%u201cYes, fine. I%u2019m copying you exactly, and Nancy is instructed me too.%u201d%u201cGood,%u201d the Dean replied. %u201cNow, this string is the most important of all. You have to tie it to one of the table legs high up, walking it back up here...%u201d the Dean said, doing it. %u201cCan you open you mouth, please, Hazel?%u201dShe did.The Dean pulled the string through her mouth. %u201cYou need to keep it very taunt, and keep it so, and tie it around the other table leg. Thus!%u201dHe waited for Gideon to complete.%u201cGood. Well done,%u201d the Dean told him. %u201cNow you have created some controls. The table is smooth and it%u2019s easy to slide the women forward and backward. Watch.%u201dHe grabbed hold of Hazel%u2019s arms behind her head and pulled her powerfully forward. Several things happened: her head fell forward over the edge of the table, causing the string around her throat to tighten and nearly choke her. She discovered, try as she might, she was unable to lift her head up as the lower string across her mouth bit into it, jamming her 326The Equestrian