House girls are not normally involved in serving dinner "Although you have been purchased as house girls," said Teela, and surely
we need more of them around here, you will also be expected upon occasion,
as tonight, to serve at dinner. Indeed, I suspect that the Master has more
in mind from you than simple domestic services."
Kajira
House girls have light duties, as those of a maid
Dusting and cleaning
Making beds
Tidying rooms
May help in kitchen
Dressed in light white house tunic similar to those worn by tower slaves Though I had been here only two days, some forty Ahn, I reveled in its
contrast with the mills.
It was clean, and spacious and quiet, and had lovely grounds, surrounded by
a high, white wall, in which was an ornate, barred gate. Here I was well
rested and well fed. My duties were light, usually those of a maid, dusting
and cleaning, making beds, tidying rooms, and such. Sometimes, too, I
helped in the kitchen. I did not have to wear the mill uniform, bearing
the sign for the enterprises of Mintar, but wore, instead, usually, a light,
white house tunic, similar to that often worn by tower slaves. I even had
access to a bath.
Kajira
Kennel of house girls Similarly my kennel was comfortable and, for a kennel, spacious. I
could not stand erect in it but there was more than enough room to
stretch out and roll about. The gate in the kennel was a small one.
It was barred, and set in the barred side of the kennel facing the
corridor. It is common to have one side of a kennel open, except for
the bars. The girl is always, you see, to be available to the eyes of
the master.
He may look upon her whenever he chooses, day or night.
The small gate is also common in slave kennels. The girl, commonly,
accordingly, enters and leaves the kennel on all fours. She is, after all,
an animal. Too, it is useful in various leashing and chaining arrangements.
In this house, as in most, the girl is kept naked in the kennel. I did not
mind the tiny gate of the kennel, however, or my observability and nudity
within it. I much preferred its semi-privacy to the locked domitory at
the mill. Too, its comforter, blankets and pillow were a welcome change
from the flat, straw-filled mat and thin blanket on the cement floor of
the dormitory.
Kajira
Carrying out the trash I slipped behind the girl and suddenly seized her, holding my hand
tightly over her mouth. The trash she carried spilled. I dragged her
backwards. She struggled. She made muffled noises. I threw her down,
behind the row of trash containers behind the house of Oneander in Ar.
My hand was at her throat, thrusting the light steel collar she wore up
under her chin. "Make no sound," I warned her. She was blond. She wore
the brief, sleeveless white tunic of a house slave. She was barefoot. I
recognized her. She was the woman, once free, who had been last on the
coffle of Oneander long ago in Ar, the same coffle in which Miss Henderson
had been secured. "Rape me quickly," she said. "I must soon be back."
Rogue