Mustn't Be Kept Waiting
'Slave!... Slave!... Come Here!' I crawl hastily on my hands and knees into the living room to which my mistress Adaeze has summoned me. 'You summoned me, mistress Adoeze madam?' 'Straighten my sock. And do it very well!' 'Yes, mistress Adoeze madam. At once, mistress Adoeze madam.' My mistress is referring to the SOCK on her lowermost leg. A slave must never presume to approach or touch the SOCK on his mistress's uppermost leg, unless he is specifically ordered to do so. The sock in question, it must be unsaid, does not appear to need much in the way of straightening. There are not many unsightly, visible creases in it that I can see. However, an African mistress's curt commands must always be respected and obeyed, and she mustn't be kept waiting! I shuffle forwards on my knees and somewhat gingerly begin straightening the BLACK SOCKTOP and smoothing out any tiny creases. When my African mistress orders me to straighten her SOCK ' very...