When it’s his turn, he doesn’t fight or moans as the corset is fastened around him and slowly drawn tighter and tighter. Inch by inch it squeezes the air out of him as he sobs as silently as possible, and it’s only when the length of chain is finally locked in place around his narrow corseted waist can he even try to relax.
On Monday morning, Billy & Alice walk down the lane towards the town and Billy tells Alice that he’s been thinking about running away. Alice confesses to thinking the same thing after being chastised last night, “But we’d only be found and brought straight back here.” she presumed. “She’s our legal guardian until we’re allowed to return to Manchester and there’s nothing we can do about it.”