"Thank you, Mistress!"<br/><br/>Mellisande slips into the bath, allowing Lalita to attend her--washing her hair and body, adding worshipful comments every so often, and generally being useful.  For almost an hour, nothing crude, insulting, or perverse gets said...or suggested.  But every grace period has an end.<br/><br/><strong>"You, there, heroine...what is your name?"</strong>