Corax carried out the order in full and skillfully seconded the wriggling of the girl with a corresponding seesaw.

Then, when the crisis was about due, Eumolpus, in a ringing voice, called out to Corax to increase the cadence.

And thus the old lecher, suspended between his servant and his mistress, enjoyed himself just as if he were in a swing.

Time and again Eumolpus repeated this performance, to the accompaniment of ringing laughter in which he himself joined.

At last, fearing I might lose an opportunity through lack of application, I also made advances to the brother who was enjoying the gymnastics of his sister through the keyhole, to see if he would prove amenable to assault.