The man pulled Nicole's arms up over her head and trapped her wrists in one hand while he began pulling up her camisole with the other. For the first time Elizabeth had a good look at Nicole's face and she sat bolt upright. It was a pretty face, more round than oval, dominated by two very big, dark eyes. Her mouth curved downwards, but Elizabeth couldn't be sure if that was because she was holding it that way or not. There was a beauty mark above the right corner of her mouth, and a hint of a shallow cleft in her chin. And she was young. Caroline had said that women weren't usually permitted to visit Gordburg until they were in their mid-twenties, but Nicole was no more than twenty, if that.
The man pulled the camisole up and off so quickly that Nicole never had a chance to pull free. He
