Serving the Dear Leader: Part 3

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Chapter 5 – Unexpected Encumbrances and Revelations

On the morning after she returned to her room, Hong Yong-Hee completed her shower as usual, playing with her new breasts with interest, marvelling at their weight and roundness and the large size of the nipples. Once dried she dressed herself in her uniform, the blouse now straining against her mammoth breasts. Then she returned to her bedroom and, to her surprise, Comrade Jun had a new item for her to wear.

“Yong-Hee, this item is mandatory for all members of the platoon to wear when in the presence of the Dear Leader Himself. It is necessary because if the platoon was infiltrated by Western imperialist lackeys, then they would be unable to harm Him.

The item was made of dark blue leather and had an attached collar. Hong Yong-Hee was ordered to put her arms behind her back, palm-to-palm and then, to her surprise, the item was fitted over them. It was some kind of sleeve and it was quite snug but not painful although it did restrict her from using her arms at all. Yong-Hee could see how it would stop an imperialist spy from harming the Dear Leader as it rendered the wearer helpless but wondered why she needed it as her loyalty to Him was never in question. Still, she knew to accept His wisdom and so meekly let Comrade Kim fit it over her arms and then attach the collar around her neck. Then came something most unexpected and unpleasant. Comrade Jun took some laces at the back of the glove, (which, as she pulled, she informed her charge was called a ‘monoglove’ because it made the two arms as one), which she then began to tighten. At first it wasn’t too bad as they merely forced her hands, palm-to-palm, closer together but as she moved up the arm it became more and more painful, causing her first to squeak with every pull and then, as she approached her elbows, cry out in real pain. Eventually Comrade Jun stopped with a tut and announced, “Hmm, that is enough for today although we are still a way off. Your arms need time to adjust.”

“Adjust to what?”

“The monogloves has to be fully closed so that your elbows touch each other. At the moment it is not so elegant and it does not correct your posture sufficiently.”

“My posture?”

“Yes, the monogloves is not only to keep the Dear Leader safe, but also to make your posture more elegant and ladylike. You are a peasant from Hamgyong Province and you walk like a peasant, not like an elegant lady such as all the members of Platoon 72 should. This monogloves will teach you to do that.”

“But it hurts Comrade? How long before I can take it off?”

“You cannot take it off Comrade Yong-Hee. As you can see, you can do very little wearing it which is how it should be for a member of Platoon 72. That is why I am here, as your personal servant. Every member of the platoon has one. No, you cannot take it off and neither am I allowed to do so. Platoon members wear their monogloves for most of their waking hours and at night too, even when the Dear Leader is not here for He has instructed that it is healthy for a girl’s arms to be restrained in such a manner for at least six hours each day. I remember well Comrade Yong-Hee when He came to our quarters when I was supervising my last charge and, after viewing the lacing up of a monogloves gave some of His immortal On The Spot Guidance saying to me, ‘Comrade, although these girls may find wearing these gloves difficult, it is your duty to ensure that they are fully laced for as long a period as possible for it is the last hours that do the good. The third hour does more good than the first and second taken together. The fourth hour does more for the habits than all three earlier ones. The fifth hour provides a more persuasive remedy than all four previous ones, and the sixth hour is the most curative of all those which have gone before. I believe and I recommend that you should bind your charge’s arms in this manner for at least six hours each day moving on to all day long unless they are needed for other purposes and, when she is able, at night as well.’ Dear Comrade Yong-Hee, that was the happiest day of my life when He spoke to me with such care and consideration for my duties.”

“I can imagine Comrade, but please tell me, what did the girl who was being laced up say?”

“Oh, she said nothing because she could not as she was wearing what I am about to put on you: a gag.”

And as she spoke Comrade Jun produced a white ball of plastic on a strap which she inserted into the surprised pioneer’s mouth and then fastened tightly behind her head. With it in there, her mouth was forced wide open so her jaws began to ache and the only noise that she could make was a muffled groaning.

“So silent and elegantly restrained!” exclaimed Comrade Jun. “Comrade Hong Yong-Hee, you do so remind me of my old charge, Comrade Han Jong-Sim, what a beautiful girl she was and such a favourite of the Dear Leader. It was sad for me the day that she moved on from us but I am sure that she is very happy in the home of General Kim Kyong-Hui. Now, how are you feeling? All ok?”

Yong-Hee wasn’t feeling that ok to be honest. Her arms throbbed painfully her mouth really ached. But helpless and silent as she was, she couldn’t express such thoughts to Comrade Jun and besides, even if she could, hadn’t the Dear Leader Himself decreed that Platoon 72 members wear such things? Whatever hardship she was enduring, surely it was nothing to what the soldiers at the front, the workers on the Huichon Power Plant and, of course, the Dear Leader Himself who toils ceaselessly for the good of the Motherland. Nonetheless, she would liked dearly to have removed both the gag and the monogloves and then, what was to come next.

“Please Comrade, come to the bed, kneel on the floor and bend over so that you upper body is lying face down on the mattress. Now what I am doing now may seem a little strange and shocking to you, but again it is on the personal instructions from the Dear Leader and so you are not to resist, do you understand?”

Yong-Hee nodded and did as she was asked. She bent over so that he newly-enlarged tits were squashed under her like two huge cushions whilst her arms were left up in the air like the mast of an old sailing ship. This done, then to her shock and dismay, Comrade Jun removed her panties and took out a small object made of white plastic which was shaped a little like a pine tree but with a wide base. “All the platoon members must wear a plug,” explained Comrade Jun, “for your rear hole may be used just as much as the front and so it needs to be stretched. Indeed, looking at the shape of your lovely bottom, one of the finest that I’ve seen, I don’t doubt that you will please Him far more there than in the usual way.”

This speech did not make much sense to Yong-Hee, but things began to get very clear when the hanbok-clad servant began massaging a lubricant around her bottom hole and then trying to force the plastic plug into it. “Relax your muscles, Comrade, don’t fight it!” instructed Comrade Jun as she worked it into a place where Yong-Hee had never even thought of having something inserted. Eventually it popped it and would not come out again, her sphincter muscles closing in around the ‘trunk’ of the ‘tree’ holding it in place.

“As I said, all platoon members are plugged and gradually those plugs are changed so that the stretching is sufficient. You are wearing the smallest now; there are four sizes up to go.”

The smallest it may have been, but it made Yong-Hee feel very full down there. Her panties were pulled up, her skirt patted down and she was declared ready to attend her classes. And so she left the room, full down below, her arms pinioned behind her and throbbing agonisingly, her enormous breasts thrust forwards due to her pulled-back arms and her mouth silent and jammed open by her gag. What on earth was Platoon 72 all about and what more would she have to endure for the benefit of the Motherland?

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Serving the Dear Leader: Part 2

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Chapter 4 – Modifications

Comrade Kim had said nothing more about the “modifications” save that they would need time to “heal” and after her interview, Yong-Hee joined the other members of Platoon 72 for a political education class. All the young pioneers sat in rows on the floor like little children and watched a video about the Dear Leader. In the film the Dear Leader was visiting soldiers at the front, giving On the Spot Guidance in factories and chatting with farmers about their crop. His wisdom and care for His people were emphasised as too was His total dedication to the Motherland and its socialist ideals. He braved any weather to reach out to His people and often went without sleep and food in order to help all that He could and in such He was a model to them all. Although the story was familiar to her, Yong-Hee never tired of hearing about the Dear Leader since she, like all children of the Motherland, knew how blessed they were to be guided by such a wise master as He and she was excited at the chance to be able to serve Him personally in some unspecified manner in a month’s time.

Then, after the class, there was a meal, an enormous helping of noodles which even had some bits of meat in them. Being accustomed to the meagre rationed imposed on the Motherland during the Arduous March when so many died of hunger due to the machinations of the imperialists, such a feed was blessing indeed and that night Yong-Hee went to bed both full and happy.

The next morning she was woken and showered by Comrade Jun but then, to her surprise, instead of being dressed in her pioneer’s uniform, a simple hospital smock was brought out and Yong-Hee was led down some corridors to a large white room with an operating table in the middle. It was clearly some sort of hospital but this confused Yong-Hee for she wasn’t in any way ill. She looked at Comrade Jun quizzically, but her minder just put her finger to her lips and said, “Trust in the wisdom of the Dear Leader.” Yong-Hee felt silly indeed! Of course she should trust in His wisdom and should never doubt that anything that happened to her was not for the best, for He always had His people’s best interests at heart. Consequently, upon Comrade Jun’s instructions, she climbed on the bed and then waited. Several minutes later a doctor entered followed by a nurse in scrubs. They both greeted her with a smile and then the doctor asked her to hold out her arm. She did so and immediately the nurse plunged a needle into it. Within seconds she found herself drifting off, unable to do anything about it.

When she awoke there was no one else there. Although drowsy she felt somehow different. She decided to sit up and see what had happened but when she tried she found that she could not for she was strapped down to the bed. As her head cleared she tried to make sense of things and see where her body was different. Slowly she began to realise that there were two areas that felt somehow affected: her crotch which felt tingly and inexplicably weird and her breasts which felt heavier.

Just as she was coming to these realisations, the nurse entering the room. “Hello Comrade Hong Yong-Hee, how are you feeling today?”

“Good Comrade, but what has happened?”

“Oh we just put you out whilst we conducted the first stage of your modifications. You’ll be pleased to know that they are healing well and so I have come to start on the next stage. Just relax, you shall only feel a small prick…”

And again she was injected in her arm and again her world went black.

This time when she woke up, Yong-Hee definitely noticed the difference in her breasts. They were heavier indeed. Her breasts had never been heavy at all, indeed, they had only just started to develop in the last year or so and, like all the women of the Motherland, they were destined to be small. But now, even though she was still strapped to the bed, she could look down at see two globes bulging from her chest. But why? Why make her breasts bigger? Such thoughts confused her until she remembered that it was the will of the Dear Leader and therefore there was no point in questioning; whether she could see the wisdom in it or not, it had been done in her best interests.

Now whilst she could see her breasts, she knew also that there were other changes that she could not see. At her crotch. That had felt funny last time but now it felt different again, as if something was in it. It was most disconcerting and confusing and Yong-Hee lay there for what seemed like hours wondering what it could all be about. Then, like last time, the nurse returned with another needle and she entered a world of darkness again.

The third time when she awoke she was not alone the nurse was there already as well as Comrade Kim. “Aha, you’re awake Comrade Yong-Hee!” explained her mentor, clapping her hands together. “My how you have changed, these modifications really do suit you!”

Yong-Hee wanted to ask just exactly what they were but the nurse came up to her with a cup. “Drink this,” she said. It was soup which was both warm and nourishing. As she drank, the nurse explained. “You have been out for three days and during that time you have been fed on a drip which is why you are not so hungry. In the three period when you were drugged we have made some significant modifications to your body as ordered by the Dear Leader Himself. The first is the one that you have probably realised: your breasts have been injected with silicone which has increased their size considerably. Previously you were a 70A[1] but now you have swelled to a magnificent 80F[2] and I must admit, they are quite dramatic. After your final session of injections your nipples were stretched and then pierced and so a ring goes through the centre of each one. Look, I shall play with them.”

The nurse put her hand to Yong-Hee’s left nipple and fingered it. A ripple of pleasure spread through the young pioneer’s body as the ring kept the nipple erect and engorged. This caused her to blush with shame which in turn caused both the nurse and Comrade Jun to laugh.

“There is nothing to be ashamed about Comrade Yong-Hee, that is why they were ringed! The Dear Leader wants His pioneers to feel pleasure just as He enjoys pleasure Himself.”

“He is so thoughtful,” murmured Yong-Hee at which they two ladies nodded enthusiastically.

“He is indeed which is why He has ordered such fine modifications for you. It is not just the breasts either. Your crotch may feel different too and so it should for we first of all had all your pubic hair shaved and them permanently removed using a laser. You will never grown hair there again and so will always be fresh, clean and inviting. But that is not all. Come, get up and look at what has been done.”

The young pioneer was helped from the operating table and supported – for her legs were weak and like jelly after days of inaction – over to a full-length mirror. There she saw her own image and gasped. The enormous globes projecting in front of her with the gold rings on each nipple was shocking enough but what had been done down below was even more so. Her beauty lips were fully displayed due to the absence of all her pubic hair but in the midst of them her beauty bud had somehow been teased out so that it was red and engorged and like her nipples, that too had had a small gold ring driven through it. “I must say, Comrade Surgeon Jap-Yong has done an excellent job on you and I am sure that you will come to enjoy that ring for it keeps your beauty bud constantly engorged and at peak sensitivity so that you will always be excited in a sexual way.”

Again the innocent young pioneer blushed and again the two older ladies laughed. “You need a bath, Comrade, so come with Comrade Jun here and we can get you back to the platoon. Congratulations Comrade Hong Yong-Hee, you are now a true member of Platoon 72!”

[1]               UK 32A; US 32AA

[2]               UK 36E; US 36DD

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Serving the Dear Leader: Part 1

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Prologue

The band played and the crowd cheered. Everyone stood in line, smiling and proud. It was hardly believable, the Dear Leader, the Great Father of the Nation, that man-god who had won the war against the oppressors and guided His people to a glorious future in which, due to His ideology of Self Reliance, they were the envy of the world. He, the man Himself, had chosen to bless their small town with His presence, to visit the local quilt factory and give some of His legendary On the Spot Guidance to its workers. And she, humble Hong Yong-Hee, from a simple working family, had been chosen to present Him with a bouquet of local mountain flowers. She felt like the Flower Girl from the famous film, meeting the greatest figure on earth in person.

“Quilts are important, for the weather in winter in Hamgyong Province is bitter and icy. It brings tears to my eyes when I see these fine quilts produced for the benefit of working people across the province. But please, remember, stuff each one fully with eiderdown, for cutting the corner just a little could result in the freezing to death of an honoured elderly citizen.”

They all gasped at such sage and invaluable advice. He truly understood them! He truly cared about them and their needs! And he was right, for with the power shortages occurring more and more frequently, due to the machinations of the evil imperialists, then without a warm quilt, folk could – and did – die. They clapped and cheered all the more and Hong Yong-Hee stepped forward to present the Dear Leader with his flowers.

He smiled as He took them off her, looked into her eyes and asked, “And what is your name young pioneer?”

“Hong Yong-Hee, sir.”

“And how old are you Yong-Hee?”

“I am fifteen, sir.”

“You are a fine and beautiful girl and your country needs great Pioneers just like you. I shall remember you always, Yong-Hee, I shall remember you always.”

Chapter 1 – The Visit

Around a month after the Dear Leader’s visit, they came to the door. They were dressed in Mao suits like all the other men but they all knew from their bearing who they were. “The girl is to come with us,” they said. “She has half an hour to pack.”

“But she has done nothing wrong!” protested mother.

“Wrong, no, she has not. She has done right, great right, and our Dear Leader, the Light of Our Nation has chosen to favour her and, by extension, you. She has been selected to join the elite Young Pioneer 72 Platoon and as such, your rations shall be doubled indefinitely.”

“But she is 16 in a week’s time and so ineligible for the Pioneers after that!”

“72 Platoon is a special platoon which relaxes the age requirement. Her services are needed by the Dear Leader and her age is not a barrier.”

“Oh, let us thank the Dear Leader for his kindness, wisdom and mercy!”

They all bowed before the portraits of the Great and Dear Leaders on the wall.

Half an hour later she left her childhood home forever.

Chapter 2 – Arrival

She opened her eyes and looked around her. She could not believe this place, the bedroom that she was lain in was bigger than her whole house before, with a fine king-sized bed, beautiful wooden walls and a large picture window showing the mountains and forests beyond. She got up and walked to that window. The view was breathtaking.

She had expected to be taken to the capital but instead they’d driven north, for hour after hour, through the dark unlit towns and villages, along the bumpy roads of the Workers’ Paradise. Then, in the dead of night, they had pulled up beside a large building deep in the mountains. Unlike everywhere else, it had an electricity supply. She was ushered in and shown her bedroom. Then she had fallen fast asleep.

Just then the door opened and a lady walked in. She was an older lady dressed in a beautiful hanbok. She bowed to Yong-Hee, introduced herself as Comrade Jun and then instructed her to come with her. She went through a second door and found herself in a beautiful bathroom. “Shower yourself thoroughly and wash your hair and then get dressed. As a Platoon 72 Pioneer you must always wear the full uniform whenever out of your room. When you are finished, come out and I shall attend to you.”

Hong Yong-Hee had never known such luxury. The water was warm and the flow steady. Never before in her life had she known either before. She lathered herself in gorgeous-smelling shower gel and then both shampooed and conditioned her hair. Oh how benevolent the Dear Leader is! Then she towelled herself dry with a thick, soft towel and used a hair dryer on her long black hair. Then she dressed herself. It was only after she had put the clothes on that she noticed the difference.

The uniform was the standard pioneer uniform. For her feet there were white socks with a blue trim that reached mid-calf and then a pair of black shoes; there was the pleated blue skirt with white trim and straps over her shoulders; there was the standard white blouse with white collar and short sleeves, also trimmed with blue. On its shoulder was her platoon badge – 72 – and around her neck, of course, the famous blood-red scarf. That was normal, but somehow the way they fitted was not. The shoes for example, usually they were flat but these had considerable heels, whilst the skirt did not reach mid-thigh, but instead only just covered her bottom. And around that bottom was a pair of silk pants that were lewd in the extreme, covering very little, being mere pieces of string around the waist and at the back. She felt exposed but supposed that they had merely made a mistake with her size.

Emerging back into her bedroom, the Comrade Jun bade her to sit on a chair and she brushed Yong-Hee’s hair until it shone before then putting it into two pig-tail plaits. This surprised Yong-Hee as she hadn’t worn her hair in that way for many years, it being the style of young girls but she was told that it was the standard style for Platoon 72. Then she was led out of the room, taken down some corridors and into a large room with tables and chairs in which other girls dressed as she was were sat. To her surprise, all were much older than the standard young pioneers, the youngest looking sixteen like herself but the oldest perhaps in their thirties. The lady in the hanbok announced her as Hong Yong-Hee, the latest recruit to the platoon and they all crowded round her and greeted her with kisses and kind words of welcome. Then she was led away to a room with a doctor’s operating table where she was, strangely and without any explanation save that the Dear Leader is concerned for the health of all His Pioneers, given a thorough medical examination including her private areas. Then she was led to another room where a second hanbok-clad lady was sat. Yong-Hee was asked to sit down and the lady began talking.

Chapter 3 – Platoon 72

“Hong Yong-Hee, welcome to Young Pioneer Platoon 72. Being chosen to serve in this platoon is a great honour for any girl as all members are handpicked by the Dear Leader Himself. I am told that He picked you after you handed Him flowers when He visited your province recently. That must have been a great day for you.”

“Yes Comrade, it was, the greatest day of my life.”

“Indeed. My name is Comrade Kim and I am your platoon leader. You will follow me and learn from me and thus become another successful member of this platoon. Platoon 72 was created by the Dear Leader Himself as soon as He ascended to power after the sad, sad loss of the Great Leader whom we all miss dearly. The platoon was established under His benign wisdom to provide entertainment and comfort to the Dear Leader Himself when he stays at this place which is His mountain retreat and also to foreign leaders and diplomats. Our existence is a secret for the Western imperialist dogs would probably use it in their propaganda but the job we do is invaluable to the Revolution. Therefore, you are to question nothing and only obey, is that clear?”

“Yes Comrade Kim.”

“Good. Tomorrow you shall attend hospital. The Dear Leader Himself has requested some modifications to your appearance which, whilst you may not like them, are for your best interests as He has suggested them.”

“I would never question the will of the Dear Leader, Comrade.”

“And nor would any of us. After your modifications have healed, your training shall begin in order for you to be ready for service when the Dear Leader returns here in a month’s time with the President of Pridniestrovia.”

“Do you mean that I shall be meeting Him again, Comrade Kim?”

“Oh yes, you certainly shall.”

“I feel so honoured!”

“You are Comrade Hong Yong-Hee, you are.”

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Proper Lady Dress

This is the artwork by xqilinxxx which helped to inspire Doll Wife, particularly the garden scene in Part 7. I only wish someone with skill in these things could manipulate it further to give her a doll face and perhaps produce some similar images to illustrate the story. Any takers?

Thanks to Paulo for sending the image.

DP

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Fräulein von Eltzen: Chapter 9

Fräulein von Eltzen  – Chapter 9

The Final Chapter

by Dave Potter Copyright ©, 2002

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As soon as Anne Marie alighted from the train in Hamburg she sought out a hotel to spend the night. Deliberately she headed for the cheaper area near to the port, for although she had money aplenty she knew that it would not last forever, and such economies would doubtless soon become necessary. What’s more, she figured that in the unlikely occurance that Fritz had guessed that she would head abroad, he would be more likely to search for her in the higher class establishments than here. Nonetheless, she felt extremely apprehensive as she lay down on the rough bed in the dingy room. After so much time amidst elegant surroundings in Berlin, she felt out-of-place here and the painted lady on the Reception Desk scared her somewhat.

The following morning, she awoke early, washed, dressed and then headed to the Cunard Shipping Lines office. She chose here because they were renowned as being the premier company for liners across the Atlantic and to Australia. With her head held high she strode into the booking office and up to the young man sat behind the counter.

“A second-class berth on the next liner to either America or Australia,” she announced.

“Certainly,Fräulein, there is a ship leaving for New York in the United States tomorrow. Would that suit you?”

“That would be fine.”

“Fine then,Fräulein, if you would just pass me your passport then I shall book you on.”

Passport?! Her passport? Oh hell, how could she have been so stupid? Of course she would need her passport. Yet in all her carefully-laid plans…

“You need my passport?”

“Why yes, Fraulein, just for identification purposes you understand.”

“But, but, my h-husband has it.”

“That’s fine Fräulein, get him to bring it in and I will book you on.”

“Y-y-yes, I will, thank you sir, gutentag.”

“Gutentag Fräulein.”

Of how could she have been so stupid?! There it was, in Fritz’s safe in the drawing room. She had never even considered it so wrapped up was she in organising the laxative and oppurtunity to escape the clutches of Suzanne. Yet without a passport what could she do? Not travel abroad, not gain legal employment, not buy a house, nothing. And if she were to go to the authorities to obtain a new one, then Fritz would be onto her in a second. Oh no! What was she to do? She walked through the streets in a complete daze, her whole plan ruined through her own stupidity. Subconciously she walked into a cafe and ordered a coffee to help her think.

So wrapped up was she in her own woes that she failed to notice the middle-aged man who was watching her in the Shipping Office and who followed her out, down the street and into the cafe. It was only when he sat down on the chair beside her and spoke that registered his prescence.

“So you need a passport then Fräulein?”

“Excuse me?”

“You need a passport.”

“What are you on about, sir?”

“I saw you in the Shipping Office. You couldn’t buy a ticket because you don’t have a passport.”

Anne Marie looked up into the man’s watery blue eyes and collected herself. “Sir! I do not know what business of yours it is to follow me around, but if you really were in the Cunard Office then you would know that I have a passport, but it is presently in the hands of my husband.”

The man looked at her and then smiled an evil smile. “Fräulein, maybe that is true, maybe not. To be frank, I do not care what the story is. All I know is that be it in your husband’s hands or not, it is not in yours and you require a passport straight away, and your passport, if it exists or nay, you cannot lay your hands on it.”

Anne Marie was shocked. Who was this stranger? “Sir, what you say is preposterous, and your presence, unasked for, I find distasteful. Please depart this instant!”

He cocked his head to one side and his grin grew larger. “Fair enough, Fräulein, if that is what you want then I shall leave. But be warned, when I pass through that door, so does your hope of getting on board that ship.”

He gulped down his coffee and got up to go. “No! Wait!” said Anne Marie.

“Now that’s more like it.”

“Can you get me a passport then?”

“Fräulein, I am afraid that I cannot, I am no forger though not through lack of trying I admit. No, in the search for a passport I cannot help you. But…”

“But what?”

“But I can get you on board that liner.”

“You can?”

“Yes, Fräulein, I can. You see, I am the director of entertainments aboard that ship, and my singer has fallen sick. I want you to help me by becoming a singer for the voyage. You help me in that and I shall arrange to have you quietly dropped off in New York beyond the prying eyes of the Custom’s men.”

“But how do you know I can sing?”

“Fraulein, I don’t know if you can sing any more than I know when the Second Coming will be. But to be frank, I don’t care either. Whether you can sing or not is immaterial.”

“But you said you wanted a singer…”

“Yes, a ‘singer’, an entertainer. I am more interested in your appearance than your vocal chords. And may I say Fräulein, that you are a very beautiful lady.” He moved up closer to her, and Anne Marie felt sick. “Can you entertain the gentlemen on board?”

“You must be joking!” she exclaimed. “I will not sleep around with strange men for a passage to New York. Get away from me!”

“Fräulein, Fräulein! You misunderstand me. There will be no sleeping around, or at least none that is not voluntary. I am no pimp, this is a high-class ship serving high-class gentlemen. No, all I want is for you to dress fine, strut around, sit on a few laps. Tease, Fräulein, tease. That is all. Now, I do not have all the time in the world, so I need an answer, yay or nay, what is it to be?”

Anne Marie thought. The prospect of being aboard a ship singing and prostrating herself to leery aristocrats was not inviting. On the other hand, what alternative did she have?”

The outfit that Klaus, (that was the watery-eyed man’s name), had given her was appalling. It was exceedingly low-cut, revealing virtually all of her impressive bosom, and was in the most lucid of colours, blue and yellow. Gaudy, cheap, repulsive. And to make things worse, it was tight. “I want that corset laced to it’s utmost,” he’d commanded when he left the cabin. “The men like a well-laced lass.” It was seventeen inches in circumference, several inches larger than she had been wearing it’s true, but after a few days of loose stays, it felt constricting. She looked herself up and down in the mirror. ‘Cheap hussy’, that’s what the image staring back to her said. She grimaced and stepped out.

Her routine was a simple one. She entered a dark, smoke-filled room and sang a couple of music hall classics, whilst winking provocatively at the men, before sitting on the laps of one or two whilst they poured drinks for her and made small-talk. Klaus had been honest when he had said that there would be no sleeping involved, but nonetheless it was sleazy and Anne Marie detested it. Nonetheless, every night since the ship had left Hamburg she’d undertaken the ordeal. They had now passed through the English Channel and were well on their way across the Atlantic, towards America, and Freedom!

She walked down the narrow corridor and to the door that led to the small stage where she performed. She heaved as deep a breath as her stays would allow and was about to enter, when Klaus placed a hand on her shoulder. “Gloria,” he said, (she’d given him a false name when they were in Hamburg), “one thing, tonight it is a private audience. A rich passenger has paid a great amount for you to perform to him alone, so make it good, ok.”

“Yes, Klaus,” she replied, removing his hand which had now strayed down to her breast. She opened the door and walked out with a big smile on her face. Like always, the room was dark and smoky and she could only make out the outline of her admirer. She curtsied and proceeded to go through the songs of her repertoire. After the third however, the stranger gestured for her to stop and beckoned for her to come over. She did as instructed, feeling sick, this was the part of the evening that she detested, and minced over and sat on his knee. The man was of medium height and wore dark glasses.

“Did you enjoy my performance, sir?” she asked, in the high, giggly voice that Klaus liked her to adopt.

“Oh yes, my dear, it was exquisite. I never thought that you had it in you.”

Wait a minute! That voice was familiar, too familiar. She turned to her admirer and snatched the glasses off his face. It couldn’t be! No! Surely not!

“Fritz!”

“Yes, my darling wife, it’s your Fritz! I’ve missed you, you know?”

“B-but…”

“I almost thought that you were trying to get away from me, disappearing from Berlin like that.”

“B-B-but how did you…”

“…Find you? Oh, my love, ’twas not easy. No, when you slipped young Suzanne in the corsetiere’s I thought that I’d lost you for good. It was just lucky that Dr. von Schleffen, remember, our Argentinian comrade, informed me that he had a friend working for Cunard, well, it was my last throw of the dice.”

“Cunard…friend… Klaus?”

“Yes my sweet, Klaus. It seems that my luck held. I had him watch the office for strange passportless ladies, and lo and behold, the following day in walks the love of my life.”

“It was all, all, all, a set-up.”

“I’m sorry my dear, but you’re entirely right. But don’t worry, don’t worry at all, I love you. You ran away from me obviously because you weren’t happy. And I can’t have my little lady being unhappy now can I? So, I’ve decided to change things.”

“Change things?”

“Yes my love, change things, make a brand new start!”

“New start?”

“Yes my darling, a new start. Three days after this ship docks in New York, we shall be boarding another that will take us onwards to our new life!”

“New life?”

“Yes my precious, a new life. Von Schleffen persuaded me. I’ve bought a house in Argentina, we’ll be living there from now on. Come on my love, get up. We’re going back to the cabin. You need prostitute yourself on this stage no longer, we will get you out of this cheap tart’s clothes in a flash.

I’ve got a full set of Argentinian fashions waiting for you in the cabin, Donna Anna Maria von Eltzen.”

And taking her arm he led her off, out of that smoke-filled cesspit to a new life of unimaginable restriction.

 

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Fräulein von Eltzen: Chapter 8

Fräulein von Eltzen  – Chapter 8

Escape

by Dave Potter Copyright ©, 2002

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That night Anne Marie lay awake in bed thinking. She knew it now, she had to escape. Fritz was going too far. Dressing her up and restraining her daily movements was bad enough, but this was something else, it was barbaric. The stem-waist corset, as she had learnt from her short trial that afternoon, was not an item fashion, but an instrument of torture, nothing else. Fritz was not interested in her becoming a lady, or in her looking fashionable. No, he was only concerned with dominating every aspect of her life. She could see that now, and the thought petrified her.

But how to get free? She was restrained all day long at home, and never alone when out of the house. And she had to escape soon! Once he had laced her into a stem-waist corset, she would be sapped of all her energy and virtually immobile within her own costume. No, it had to be soon, but how? She lay awake and stared at the ceiling. Then, as the first light of the new day started to creep across the world, it came to her.

A few days later, the von Schleffen’s went out to see the sights with Fritz. Anne Marie was invited along too, but she asked her husband to excuse her.

“Fritz,” she said, taking him to one side, “I would like to go shopping instead. Eva von Schleffen is putting me to shame with her outfits and I don’t want to let you down.”

Pleased that his wife seemed finally to be coming around to his way of thinking, Fritz quickly acquiesced.

As soon as the carriage carrying the sight-seeing party left the house, Suzanne asked, “Shall we depart now, Madame?”

“No,” replied her mistress, “let’s wait awhile and have a cup of coffee together.”

“Certainly, Madame. I shall ring for the maid.”

Several minutes later the cups arrived. Anne Marie took one for herself and then said, “Suzanne, I may be mistaken, but my left boot does not seem to be laced up sufficiently. Could you please rectify this?”

“Certainly, Madame.” Suzanne bent down to tighten the boot laces and Anne Marie slipped a laxative that she had procured from Fritz’s medical cabinet, into her maid’s coffee. They then sat down and drank together, before heading off to a fashionable corsetiere’s shop.

It was a Saturday and the corsetiere was busy with ladies of fashion selecting and trying on garments. Anne Marie declared that she required new stays and was directed into a private room for measuring, and stripped of her clothes by Suzanne and the store assistant. However, midway through the process Suzanne started to look uncomfortable, and then suddenly stopped, exclaimed “I’m sorry Madame, but I must go to the water closet,” before promptly running off to that said place.

Anne Marie continued undressing until naked, she announced to the store girl, “I’m sorry, but I also feel an urgent need to use the toilet. Perhaps it is something that cook served at breakfast today? Could you pass me a shift, mules and a coat please so that I don’t embarrass myself?”

“Certainly Madame von Eltzen.”

“Thank you, I shall return in a moment.”

Once in the toilet however, she locked the door and took from her bag a fine wig of jet black hair that she’d bought recently for a fancy dress ball which she’d attended as a (corseted) Cleopatra. She fitted this carefully, covering her own blonde locks, before reaching into her handbag once more and taking out a small purple hat with net veil. This affixed, she then walked out of the toilet and out of the shop a different lady, down the street and into a ready-to-wear outfitters where she purchased a dowdy purple travelling outfit. And that done, the new girl left the store unknown to the world and hailed a cab to take her to the railway station for the trains to the north of the country.

Anne Marie knew that as soon as Suzanne realised that she’d disappeared from the corsetiere, she’d know that her mistress was attempting an escape and would try to recapture her as quickly as possible. She also guessed that Fritz and Suzanne would probably assume that she would return straight back to the provinces from whence she came, as this was the only place in the world, aside from Berlin, where she had any friends or relatives. Anne Marie however, had no intention of returning to the provinces. She knew that Fritz would have no problem in finding her there and would manage to bring her back to Berlin somehow. No, she intended to go in a completely different direction entirely, and when she got to the station booking office she asked firmly for a single first class ticket to Hamburg.

Hamburg, yes, Hamburg. Germany’s vast bustling port on the River Elbe, the gateway to the North Sea, the gateway to the world. From there she would look for a ship to carry her far away from Germany, to a new life, in England, America or perhaps even Australia. Sat on the train as it thundered north she felt happy. She was free!

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Fräulein von Eltzen: Chapter 7

Fräulein von Eltzen  – Chapter 7

Colonial Visitors

by Dave Potter Copyright ©, 2002

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Shortly after Greta left the house to return to the provinces, two more visitors arrived at the von Eltzen house off Tiergarten. They were Herr von Schleffen, a Bavarian doctor of great renown who had emigrated to Argentina several years ago, and his wife Eva, a tall, handsome lady of around thirty who also hailed from Bavaria.

“Well, welcome to our home!” Fritz had declared at dinner, the evening that they had arrived. “I hope that your stay here will be a a happy one, and of course, fruitful too.” Herr von Schleffen had come to Berlin to discuss the latest developments in medicine with Fritz, and both hoped to gain a lot from his visit. “And may I add,” said Fritz as they clinked glasses, “a special word of thanks to you Fraulein von Schleffen for brightening up our dinner table immensely. You look charming tonight!”

Fritz was not exaggerating. Eva von Schleffen was more than charming, she was something else entirely. Immaculately dressed, coiffured and made up, Anne Marie was in awe. Whether that something else was good however, she was unsure. If anything it looked rather painful.

What had caught our heroine’s eye, (and no doubt Fritz’s too), was primarily Eva von Schleffen’s waist, closely followed by her neck. Now, Anne Marie, with her fifteen inch waist and high stand-up collars was a young lady fast becoming renowned in Berlin society for her excellent figure, but compared to her dinner companion that evening she looked liked a fat old maid. Eva von Schleffen was simply in another league entirely! Her waist, not only had a tiny circumference of what Anne Marie estimated to be around fourteen inches, but also, instead of the usual hourglass shape, it shot up vertically for several inches at the same girth before widening out towards a more than impressive bosom.

And then there was her neck.

Now the neck is a part of the body that in the West at least, has never been given much attention to as one of the female’s more appealing assets. True, the Japanese and some other Oriental races have long appreciated it’s graces, but by and large, in Europe it has long been ignored.

Fraulein von Schleffen’s neck however, was impossible to ignore. Like her waist, it shot up vertically for several inches in a thin, straight, cylindrical tube. Anne Marie was fascinated. Surely Eva von Schleffen could not move her head at all? It looked like breathing would also be a trial. She shuddered and thanked God that Fritz never made her wear such a collar, or perhaps ‘neck corset’ would be a more apt description?

“Oh yes, I am lucky to have such a beautiful wife,” replied von Schleffen, “and I am so proud that she always endeavours to keep up with the latest Argentinian fashions.” Eva von Schleffen blushed.

The conversation at the table then turned away from the virtually immobile Fraulein von Schleffen, and onto the subject of the doctor’s emigration to South America.

“Von Eltzen, I tell you now that you’d be wise to consider the same, very wise indeed. Down there in Argentina it’s a Land of Opportunity.”

“But, von Schefflen, if you’ll excuse me, I don’t need a ‘Land of Opportunity’. Look around you, Berlin is booming, Germany is growing. Now we are united we are fast becoming a great country…”

“But do you not think perhaps, TOO great?”

“What do you mena, sir?”

“Von Eltzen, France is next door, Britain just across the water, and Russia lurks in the East. Do you think that Bismarck’s ‘Weltpolitik’ is not annoying a few people; people with empires behind them?”

“Von Schleffen, you overestimate the risk, they’re all finished. France, well, look what we did to her in 1870, and she’s no better now. Britain doesn’t care what happens on the continent, and Russia, why it’s a land of peasants and mystics; she’s a backward joke! We could overrun her in a couple of months.”

“That’s what Napoleon thought too…”

“And that was almost a hundred years ago.”

“Well, say what you will, I sense war in the air, and I for one don’t want to be killed in a cavalry charge across Poland, France or some other godforsaken country. No sir, I’m as far away from it all as is possible, and you’d be better off away from it too. A talented young gentlemen such as yourself could do well in Argentina.”

“Well thank you for the compliment sir, but I happy enough here at the moment.”

The ladies soon bored of this heavy talk of war and Weltpolitik, and so excused themselves and retired to Anne Marie’s private sitting room, which ever since Greta’s visit, now contained chairs.

Once there, they exchanged pleasantaries for a while before Anne Marie finally came out with what was on her mind.

“Eva please, I’m sorry to be so forward, but you waist fascinates me. However did you achieve such startling results?”

Her partner laughed. “With a lot of pain I can tell you!” she replied. “But no, seriously, it’s called a ‘stem-waist’. They’re all the rage in Argentina, unfortunately.”

“Then you don’t like being laced so?” asked Anne Marie, surprised.

“Like it, Anne Marie? I hate it! It was bad enough enduring the fashions here in Germany, but when we went to Argentina, well my husband insists you know…?”

“Oh, you don’t need to tell me, my Fritz is the same. I normally wear corsets much longer than this one, and during the day he insists on a mono-glove which holds my arms together as one behind my back and renders me as helpless as a baby. It’s awful.”

“Oh, the mono-glove! The Argentinian lady’s worst enemy. It is quite normal to wear one there, even in company.”

“That’s terrible!”

“Indeed, the lot of a lady in Buenos Aries is far worse than here. When they say ‘chattel’, in those parts they really mean it!”

At this Eva von Schleffen started to sob.

“What is it my dear?”

“Oh, Anne Marie, I’m sorry, Moving to Argentina was the worst thing that ever happened to me I swear. Before that Hans was a normal, loving husband like any other. True, he liked a well-laced woman, but which man doesn’t? But once we moved there he has slowly turned into a control freak. Not only do I wear this awful corset and neck-extender, but he insists on the mono-glove too. Oh, Anne Marie, it’s unbearable!”

It certainly did sound unbearable and Anne Marie was very glad that her home was in Berlin and not Buenos Aries. Nonetheless, Eva’s elongated waist still fascinated her.

“But exactly how does one achieve such a waist?” she asked.

“Well, there’s a lot to it, Anne Marie. For a start you have to be stretched…”

“Stretched?!”

“Yes dear, stretched, from the lacing bar. And then the training belt is wrapped around your waist. That goes under the corset…”

“The training belt, what exactly is that?”

“Well, I tell you what, I have one here in my luggage. Would you like to try it on? That’s better than me explaining.”

The thought of trying on such a terrifying garment was not appealing to Anne Marie, but she was very curious. And besides, it would only be for a few minutes, so why not? It might be interesting?

As quickly as possible she stripped down to her underwear and let Eva fasten her to the lacing bar which was then cranked so high that her feet left the ground and she was left dangling mid-air.

“Eva! You’ve gone too far!” she gasped.

“No, Anne Marie, this is how it must be to fit a training-belt. As I said, you need to be stretched. Now normally my maid ties my feet to rings set in the floor but alas, that’s not possible here, so instead I’ll have to use some sort of weight, hmm… let me see…”

Anne Marie was left dangling in the air, whilst Eva looked for something to weigh her feet down. She came back with some heavy gold candlesticks which she put in a bag. Then, using some corset laces, she tied Anne Marie’s legs together and tied the bag to her legs.

“Not perfect, but it will have to do,” said the Argentinian.

Anne Marie felt like she would rip in two.

Eva then got out a heavy leather belt which she proceeded to wrap around Anne Marie’s waist and tighten mericilessly using some sort of screw. The pain was excruciating!

“H-H-How do you endure this everyday?” Anne Marie stammered.

“I just got used to it I suppose,” replied Eva.

At the time, Anne Marie thought this to be a rather stupid reply to make, but later on, upon reflecting on her own life and how much she’d got used to regarding dress and figure-training over the preceeding few months, she understood exactly what her guest meant.

“Now that the belt is tight, I shall put your corset over it,” continued Eva von Schleffen. “Without the corset, the body cannot support itself.”

That too was true, and Anne Marie did feel a lot better once corsetted again. Eva tied the lacing off and let her down from the bar, and Anne Marie tottered over to the mirror. The effects were stunning, but they were certainly not worth the pain and effort thought Anne Marie.

“What’s my waist measurement?” she asked, noting that the corset was far from being fully closed now.

“Oh, just over sixteen inches I think,” said Eva.

Over sixteen inches! That was an inch larger than her usual!

“But it feels so tight!” she protested.

“Stem-waists always do, and remember, there’s a thick belt underneath the corset now.”

Remember! How could she forget? “Oh, Eva,” she said, “you can take it off now.”

The relief was intense, when Eva von Schleffen took off the frightful belt and replaced Anne Marie’s usual corset which although tight, now felt positively relaxing.

“Oh Eva!” she exclaimed. “My heart goes out to you having to wear that on a daily basis. I don’t know how you survive, I really don’t.”

“But remember Anne Marie, it’s not just the stem-waist corset, there’s the neck corset, mono-glove and plus heels of six inches like yours. Imagine that!”

But Anne Marie did not imagine it at all. She didn’t wish to, it was simply too terrifying.

That evening at dinner, Fritz was again complimentary to Fräulein von Schleffen.

“Madame, you look divine once again, what a fine gown you are wearing this evening. But please tell me, is that typical of the fashions in Argentina?”

“Why, yes sir, and thank you kindly for the compliments. In Argentina our fashions are quite different from those that your wife so elegantly displays here in Berlin. They are perhaps a little too extreme for the tastes of many in Germany?”

“Perhaps so, but that is because there are many with little taste here, I’m afraid. No Madame, to my eyes your Argentinian fashions are exquisite.” He then turned to Dr. von Schleffen. “Doctor, is that the corset that you were referring to earlier?”

“Yes indeed, sir, that is it, the ‘stem-waist’ they call it, and it’s all the rage with the ladies in Buenos Aries.

Fritz then turned to his wife who was more than a little worried at the direction that this conversation was taking.

“My dear, do you not agree that Fräulein von Schleffen here looks absolutely remarkable?”

“Why, err, yes Fritz.”

“Well, do not fear, my dear, I was talking to Herr Doctor here, and he has promised to send you over some Argentinian gowns and one of these stem-waist corset things and the like, so that you may bring a bit of the Latino culture to our staid lives here in Berlin. What do you say to that, my dear?”

Anne Marie however said nothing.

She just fainted.

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Fräulein von Eltzen: Chapter 6

Fräulein von Eltzen  – Chapter 6

A Visitor   

by Dave Potter Copyright ©, 2002

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And so Anne Marie entered her married life. Each day was one of restraint and leisure whilst her nights were filled with much of the former, oft accompanied by a lot of passion. To be fair it didn’t turn out to be as hard as she had feared it would when Fritz had announced his ‘ground rules’. Often they went out, or visitors came around, both circumstances being considered valid excuses by her husband for her not to wear the single glove.

Nonetheless, many days were spent alone at home with very little to do. Suzanne had set up a stand for her mistress so that she could read books easily, but Anne Marie had never been a great reader unfortunately and she soon bored of this more quickly than she would have liked.

What’s more, it was not such a relaxing activity anyway, as sitting down was not permitted. With the current fashion of long corsets, sitting down had become a difficult task for most ladies, but for Anne Marie with her demanding husband, it was an impossibility as her corsets and leather petticoat permitted no bending whatsoever.

She soon learned that her sitting room was devoid of chairs, not because the delivery was late, but because none had been ordered, as they’d be an unnecessary expense as she was unable to use such items on furniture anyway. The title ‘sitting room’ became an ironic joke to Anne Marie.

Instead Fritz had equipped the room with two leaning boards so that she and a friend could retire there and take the weight off their weary feet. It was a facility that Anne Marie often made use of.

The sufferings of her feet, nor the continual pressure on her waist, nor even the inconvenience of being without the use of her arms for long periods of time were not what bothered Anne Marie most however. No, her worst enemy was now that which has plagued high-society ladies since times unrecorded, the monster of boredom. She had nothing to do all day, every need being taken care of by the servants and of course she could not leave the house and she had few friends in Berlin who called upon her.

To counter this she tried several approaches. Firstly, she requested to her husband that she be allowed to work and follow her dream of becoming a schoolteacher, but unfortunately this suggestion was met only with anger.

“Do you want to completely ruin me, Anne Marie?” he cried. “As soon as people learn that my wife is being forced to work, people would straight-away start to wonder why. ‘Can’t he support her?’ ‘Is he bankrupt?’ Those are the rumours that would start flying around the town you know. No, no, it’s quite out of the question.”

Her second suggestion however was more successful. That was to invite her friend Greta from the country to come and stay with her for a while to keep her company. Fritz raised no objections at all to this, and so the delighted Anne Marie hurried away to dictate a letter to Suzanne, and a fortnight later Greta was stood in the hallway being welcomed into the house.

“Well, this place is remarkable, Anne Marie,” said the visitor a few minutes later when they were both sat drinking coffee in the drawing room. Anne Marie had been allowed by Fritz to be sans mono-glove and to wear less-restrictive clothes during the visit of her friend, a concession for which she was extremely grateful. “Oh, it’s fantastic,” her old friend continued, “you are so lucky you know, all this money, such a dashing husband and this divine house. It’s simply heavenly!”

“Oh, but Greta dear, it’s not always as marvellous as it seems you know,” she replied.

“What do you mean, Anne Marie?”

“Oh, nothing.”

Greta however had known Anne Marie for many years and had come to be able to read her emotions extremely well. She sensed that there was a problem. “It’s not nothing is it Anne Marie? There’s something wrong isn’t there?”

“No, no,” said Anne Marie, “nothing whatsoever.” Her sobs however betrayed her.

“Come, come now, you can tell me, what’s up?” Greta got up and put her arm around her close friend.

“Oh, it’s nothing, nothing at all,” Anne Marie said between sobs.

“Is it Fritz?” asked Greta concerned. “Does he beat you?”

“No, no, nothing like that. He’s never lain a finger on me…”

“But it is Fritz?”

“Well, sort of, no, I mean…”

“Come on! Out with it!”

So Anne Marie did come out with it. She told her friend everything, from her aunt first putting her into a corset right up until Fritz’s latest decree. “You don’t know how terrible it is, Greta, to be restrained all the time, helpless and pretty like a doll.”

Her friend’s reaction however was not what she expected.

“Oh, Anne Marie, you always were such a tomboy, I can’t believe that you never wore a corset before Berlin. Well, my dear, I don’t know, really because nothing like that has happened to me, well apart from wearing a corset obviously, but as you can see, I don’t really tight-lace myself. So, no, I don’t know how it is for you it’s true, but I must admit that to me it all sounds rather exciting. I mean to be helpless and have people do everything for you, and to wear those towering ballet boots and to be forced to take tiny steps, and I must say, you look absolutely gorgeous, far far better than you used to do. What wouldn’t I give for a figure like that? And what about your love life?”

“Well, that’s err, one area of my life that I can’t complain about.”

“That doesn’t surprise me in the slightest my dear, no it doesn’t surprise me at all, not with all that delightful restriction, the tension must be building up all day long. I wish my Heindrich was like that, but he’s so boring and conventional. I wish that I had such passion in my life, you truly are blessed Anne Marie.”

Anne Marie did not feel blessed though.

“I tell you what I’ll do, if you don’t mind. To show some support, I’ll start to wear similar clothes myself whilst I’m staying here.”

Anne Marie sensed that the offer had far more to do with the fact that Greta actually wanted to wear her dreadful outfits rather than any show of support, but she accquiesed nonetheless, and the two spent the remainder of the afternoon, trying outfits onto Greta and lacing her up as tightly as possible.

That evening Greta came down to dinner wearing a beautiful turquoise evening gown of Anne Maries and sporting a twenty inch waist. Fritz was quick to notice the change.

“My dear Fräulein Schlutz, may I say how charming you look,” he commented as she sat down to the dinner table.

“It’s my new look, Herr  von Eltzen, inspired by Anne Marie here. She’s making me want to become a lady of fashion.”

“And may I say what a great lady you’re making, charming indeed.”

“Oh, but Herr von Eltzen, this is only the start, I hope to progress during my stay. Why, I’d even be wearing a mono-glove like Anne Marie sometimes does if there was one spare!”

“Would you! Well, I’m sure that we can fix that, I shall present you with one tomorrow, and you and my wife can wear them together.”

“Oh, Herr von Eltzen, no really, you are too kind.”

“Please, call me Fritz.”

A month later, when it was time for Greta to leave, Anne Marie was glad to see the back of her, and regretting ever suggesting to Fritz that she visit. The whole month together had been one of shopping, lacing down and further restriction, with less relief from the mono-glove than usual and a friend continually at her side, urging her to lace harder.

“Thank you so much for having me, Annie dear, it has been marvellous, and thanks awfully for these gowns, corsets and boots. Heindrich is not going to recognise me!”  “Oh, it’s nothing. It’s been a great pleasure having you,” lied Anne Marie glad to see both her friend and some of her restricting clothes disappearing through the door.

“Yes, indeed,” added Fritz, “a great pleasure. You’re welcome back any time!”

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Fräulein von Eltzen: Chapter 5

Fräulein von Eltzen  – Chapter 5

Back to Berlin   

by Dave Potter Copyright ©, 2002

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It was late in the afternoon when the happy couple finally arrived at their new home off Tiergarten. Anne Marie looked with pride at the beautifully-proportioned windows, fine tiled roof and sturdy oak door, pleased that she’d married such a handsome and successful young man.

Suzanne stood at the door to greet them.

“Welcome back Monsieur et Madame!” she said.

“Thank you, Suzanne,” replied Anne Marie, not too happy at seeing her former governess again, though confident that now she was the Mistress, things would be slightly different.

“Is everything prepared as I requested?” asked Fritz.

“Yes, Monsieur,” replied the maid.

“Good. Then I shall talk to you later regarding some of the finer details and your future role here. In the meantime…” He turned to his wife. “Are you tired, my dear?” he asked.

“Yes, a little.”

“Then why don’t you lie down for a few hours before dinner whilst I organise things with Suzanne?”

“Yes, darling, that’s a good idea.”

“Suzanne, will you please show Fräulein von Eltzen to her new chambers, please?”

Suzanne led Anne Marie up the grand main staircase and then turned to the left. “These are your apartments, Madame,” she announced. “Here is your sitting room.” The sitting room was a grand one, with large windows and gilt-edged mirrors on the walls. For a sitting room it also looked remarkably short of chairs, since it was entirely devoid of them, but Anne Marie assumed that this was simply due to the fact that they hadn’t arrived yet, as Fritz had mentioned whilst they were on the train that there had been a problem with one of the furniture orders and it wasn’t expected until midway through the week.

“And through here, Madame, is your bedroom, with the bathroom leading off to the right.”

The bedroom was as opulent as the sitting room, if not more so. Thick pile carpets covered the floor and it was dominated by an enormous four-poster bed. To one side stood a set of oak wardrobes, no doubt ready to house her extensive collection of gowns and outfits. By the wardrobes was a familiar-looking trapeze: The Lacing Bar. Anne Marie winced and turned away.

Suzanne helped her mistress undress until she was completely naked and then laced a light sleeping corset onto her. “Sweet dreams, Madame,” she said. “I shall return at seven-thirty.”

Anne Marie sank gratefully into the soft bed, tired after the long train journey. A short sleep would do her good she thought. She started to drop off and then turned over lazily. The position however was uncomfortable. ‘Why is that?’ she thought sleepily. She wriggled about but it was still the same. Then she realised, the problem was not how she was lying, but the bed itself. For some reason there was a long hole in the middle of it! “The joiner’s made a mistake there,” she muttered to herself, “I must tell Fritz.” And then, moving to the side, she fell fast asleep.

Suzanne woke her at seven-thirty and dressed her for dinner in a pretty pink gown covered with lace. On her feet she placed pink high-heeled boots and matching gloves adorned her hands. Thus ready, she made her way downstairs to the dining room where Fritz was waiting. He smiled as she entered, kissed her on the lips and together they sat down to eat a delicious meal of roast chicken.

When they had finished, her husband took her by the hand and led her to the drawing room. “We need to have a discussion, darling,” he said, “along with Suzanne, as I’d like to lay down the ground rules for the new house.””

She followed her husband into the drawing room and the took the glass of wine that the maid proffered before taking a seat. A minute or so later, Suzanne entered.

“Right ladies,” Fritz announced, “I have called you in here to have a discussion regarding my rules for living in this new house; rules that will I hope, enable us all to live happily together here. Now, when I proposed to my wife here about two months ago, I made it clear to her that she was not to return to her old provincial ways, and indeed should we decide to live our lives together, she would endeavour to dress and act as a lady at all times in keeping with my respected position within the Berlin Medical Establishment. Now, at that time you agreed to that, didn’t you, darling?”

“Yes dear.”

“However, despite having made this agreement, when in Switzerland my wife here wasted no time whatsoever in attempting to return to her provincial ways and clothing, much to my distress. Not only that, but she also embarrassed me repeatedly by flirting with members of the opposite sex at any social occasion and showing, ahem, how shall I put it, excessive zeal in the bedchamber, when a lady of her station in life should be demonstrating submission.”

Suzanne smiled to herself without saying a word. Anne Marie however, could not believe her ears.

Fritz continued. “All of which has led me to conclude sadly, that despite Baroness von Leydenburg’s assurances that her niece was well-trained, this is in fact far from being the case, and consequently I feel compelled to lay down these ground rules for your conduct here Anne Marie which, although they may seem strict initially, are ultimately for your benefit alone.

“Firstly, and this should go without saying really, you are to be corseted at all time as tightly as is possible. I have read several articles and books upon the subject and have come to the conclusion that, medically speaking, that a waist circumference of around thirty-five centimetres or just under fourteen inches is not an unrealistic target, indeed Catherine de Medici used to demand it of the ladies at her court. Well, Anne Marie, I demand that you also strive to attain this.”

“Yes Fritz,” she replied in disbelief.

“That however is not all. I also expect you to always don a tight leather petticoat that Suzanne here assures me will improve your deportment no end, and on top of that, I require that throughout the day when you are alone in the house, you wear your fine single glove which is not only becoming and posture forming, but may also help you resist the temptation of seeking other male company, since whilst wearing it you will be unable to leave the house as all the students have been given strict orders not to let you do so. And on the same topic, the chastity belt is now mandatory at all times except when I choose that we are to enjoy congress together. Do you understand that, Anne Marie?”

Did she understand? Of course she understood. She understood only too well. She had married a monster!

“Oh please don’t think that I’m heartless Anne Marie, it’s for your own good really and I do consider your own needs. For example, when you said that you found it difficult to sleep in your leather sleeve due to the fact that it forced you to lie on your side, I listened and considered it, and I’ve had your new bed specially made with a niche in the middle so that your bound arms may be accommodated, and you may sleep on your back as you like to.”

Links to all parts of the story:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Fräulein von Eltzen: Chapter 4

Fräulein von Eltzen  – Chapter 4

On Honeymoon  

by Dave Potter Copyright ©, 2002

Links to all parts of the story:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9


The following morning Anne Marie was woken up by Fritz undoing her leather sleeve and removing the gag from her mouth. “I’ve a little more energy now, dear,” he explained.

They were to set off that day for their honeymoon which was to be in the Swiss Alps.Anne Marie was excited about the trip as she’d always longed to see the majestic Bernese Oberland, and when she heard that Suzanne would not be joining them she felt over the moon. ‘At last I’ll be getting the freedom and adventure that I have been seeking ever since I came to Berlin,’ she thought. She vowed to relax her clothing regime whilst away from her maid, and she packed only outfits that were easy to wear, thinking to use the argument that she would require a maid to lace her more severe corsets, if Fritz questioned her.

“What will you be doing then, Suzanne?” she asked, a little surprised that the maid would not be joining them.

“Oh, I shall be staying here in Berlin, Madame, overseeing the decorating and furnishing of the town house that Herr von Eltzen has bought for you and Monsieur.”

Fritz’s father had presented the young couple with an elegant new town house just off Tiergarten as their wedding gift. At present it was still empty, but Anne Marie had no doubt that it would be magnificent once ready, although she did wish that Fritz had given her a little more say in the preparations.

Nonetheless, Anne Marie had never been happier than she was at present. She was free from her aunt’s tyrannies, married to the man that she loved, rich and beautiful, the possessor of a fine house in Berlin, and with a fortnight’s vacation ahead of her in one of the most beautiful places on earth. What more could a girl ask for?

As soon as they were alone in the railway carriage, Fritz had drawn the curtains and started kissing her passionately. As usual his hands crawled all over her body before finally settling around her waist. When they reached there however, he suddenly stopped his petting and sat up looking confused.

“What’s the matter, darling?” asked Anne Marie, who was equally perplexed.

“What happened to your waist, my love?” he replied.

“My waist? Nothing! What are you on about?”

“Well, normally my hands can span it easily, with the fingers touching, yet today they cannot. It got bigger!”

“Oh that! I’m just wearing a larger corset than usual that’s all, because of the travelling. Besides, without a maid, it will be impossible for me to lace as tightly as I used to.”

“Used to!” His face grew grave. “I thought that you promised me when we got engaged that you would stay a fashionable young lady and not return to the slovenly ways of the provinces.”

“And I will dear, what are you on about?”

“Well this seems to me very much like a return to your provincial habits. Very much indeed!”

Anne Marie didn’t know what to say.

“Anne Marie, you knew when you married me that I wish my wife to be a credit not a disgrace. You have let me down badly, and on only our first day together!”

And with that he moved to the opposite seat and stared out of the window.

“I’m sorry, darling, I never realised that it was so important to you. I’m extremely sorry indeed.”

It was over an hour later however, before he spoke to her again. ‘Hmm’, thought Anne Marie, ‘this is going to be more difficult than I’d anticipated.’

As soon as they got to the hotel in Geneva where they were to stay, Fritz insisted that Anne Marie show him the clothes that she had packed. Her travelling wardrobe consisted entirely of garments that had secretly been brought by her friend Greta from the country, who’d come to see Anne Marie get married in Berlin.

“Anne Marie!” he exclaimed, “None of these clothes are suitable for wearing here. Perhaps for a farm in darkest Prussia they’re apt, but not for the Alps. How can I be seen in society with you if you are wearing such outfits? People will think that I’ve married a kitchen girl, not a Baroness. I can’t believe that you have done this to me!”

“But I thought that we could relax since we’re on a vacation!” protested Anne Marie in tears.

“Relax! And what if we see anyone that we know, or if one of my professional colleagues turns up as often happens in places like this? There’s nothing for it, we’ll have to go out into town tomorrow and purchase you an entire Alpine wardrobe!”

Poof! There went Anne Marie’s cunning plan to work her way into easier clothing.

And so it was that their first day in Switzerland was spent not cruising the lake or admiring the mountains, but trailing around the boutiques of Geneva, a city that although small was surprisingly well-stocked with such shops, no doubt due to the large numbers of wealthy tourists that it attracted.

And to her annoyance, Fritz proved to be as demanding a shopping partner as her aunt or Suzanne had been. He rejected most of the outfits that Anne Marie suggested and instead picked out those with the tiniest waists, highest collars and tightest skirts. What’s more, he demanded that most of the dresses she bought be made out of wools or other thick winter materials.

“But it’s the height of summer!” she protested.

“Not on the mountain tops it isn’t,” he replied, “it’s very cold up there.”

Strangely enough however, they never once ventured up a mountain throughout their entire holiday and instead, due to the thick materials, high collars and hot sun, Anne Marie suffered from the vapours continually.

Initially, Anne Marie had objected to Fritz making her wear outfits with really small waists on the basis that without a maid or a lacing bar, she would never be able to tighten her corsets sufficiently by herself. Fritz however, merely brushed this objection aside stating that if this were the case, then he would be more than happy to assist her in the lacing process himself. Indeed, Anne Marie wished in the long run that she’d never brought the matter up at all, as Fritz applied himself to this new task with a vigour that even Suzanne couldn’t muster, and she daily found herself gasping for breath due to overtightened stays.

The discomfort didn’t end at night too. Fritz insisted that not only did she wear her night corset in bed, but also the training boots which for some reason he’d brought along with them, and again he offered to help with the fitting, a task that he seemed to rather enjoy Anne Marie noted.

And whilst he made every effort to make their nightly congress as enjoyable as possible for his new wife, once completed he stayed true to his vow of ensuring that the leather sleeve and gag become part of her nightly attire.

One morning however, when she complained that she had been unable to sleep well, due to the fact that the sleeve forced her to lie on her side, whilst she preferred the back, he stopped, thought for a while and then relented, saying that he considered her complaint to be a valid one. He then excused himself and said that he had an urgent letter to write to Suzanne regarding an enforced change in the house preparations, a letter that he posted later that day. Anne Marie could not understand what could be so urgent as to warrant such haste, but she was fast learning not to question what her husband did, and so she said nothing.

Apart from the unwarranted attention to her attire from her husband however, Anne Marie very much enjoyed their honeymoon. There were balls and dances at the hotel, tea by the lake, boat cruises, musical recitals, plays at the theatre, mountain vistas that were every bit as spectacular as she’d imagined, and a myriad of fascinating people to meet. For the first time in her life Anne Marie came across Italian Counts, Russian Princesses and English Earls.

Apart from her short time in Berlin with her Aunt Margaret, Anne Marie had of course, never mixed in society at all, it being almost non-existent in her small provincial town, and it’s depths were fascinating. She heard all about the scandals, hushed-up love affairs, rumours of the bankruptcy of several well-known figures who flaunted their wealth as if all was hunky-dory.

Anne Marie almost wished that she were in Geneva as a single girl, as her natural beauty combined with the modifications that her aunt and Suzanne had made to her appearance and deportment meant that she was a most desirable young lady who attracted the attentions of many of the eligible bachelors amongst the resort’s elite holidaymakers, much to the annoyance of Fritz.

But Anne Marie was a good girl, and whilst she flirted for fun at time, particularly with one dashing Italian, she never once entertained any serious notions of being untrue to her husband, and her time away from his side was restricted to dances in the evening with the young gallants who proferred their hands.

Time flies however when one is having fun, and Anne Marie woke up one morning to the sad realisation that the day ahead was to be their last in Switzerland. They spent their time that final day, promenading by the lake arm-in-arm, whilst gazing at the majestic peaks beyond, before boarding the train back to Berlin that evening.

The trip had been magical, but alas it was over. Nonetheless, Anne Marie still had plenty to look forward to; a married life with Fritz of course, and more immediately, the prospect of moving into their new home.

Links to all parts of the story:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9