I soon fell asleep, but was awakened in the middle of the night. It seemed that Wickham’s vigour was soon restored, and he took me again. This time it did not hurt much at all, and indeed I derived some pleasure from feeling him inside me, even though this time the preliminaries had been perfunctory. We woke late and lay in bed talking and touching in a most delightful manner. Then after a while Wickham’s caresses began to grow more urgent. He played with my breasts and stroked between my legs, in a manner which I must admit was most arousing. I do not know how it is with you, Lizzie, but there is a little spot down there, which if touched in the right way leads to an almost ineffable pleasure, a sensation that completely overwhelms one. Until I induced such a feeling in myself, a year or
