Chapter Four
The hypnotic winds whipping the island did not cease the next day—but seemed to blow harder still.
The next morning, the three collared slaves were turned loose in the kitchen to make breakfast, which they did naked, with gags in their mouths to prevent them from speaking. Matthew seemed to think it would be best that they did not talk among themselves. The others agreed.
When the meal was served, each slave sat at their master’s feet waiting for crumbs. More importantly, waiting for their gags to be removed. However, the meal continued with no reward in sight for the famished three. Instead of being fed, after their masters had eaten, the slaves were each chained to marble columns in the dining room, their arms strung up high so that they stood stretched out flatly again
