Miriam cries out and collapses onto Faridah.<br/><br/>"Mercy!  Oh, mercy...mercy, Mistress, please..."<br/><br/>Mellisande withdraws.<br/><br/><strong>"Do not test my patience, Miriam.  You will spend tonight impaled on the statue without climax.  Tomorrow I may think of another punishment."</strong><br/><br/>More whimpering from Miriam, who by now seems too out of it to really notice or care that she's in for more abuse later.