Now Sir Anthony says, “We must inquire now into your physical condition. We know you endured various punishments for a long time. Were you adequately fed, and all that?” “Yes, the food was tolerable. I did not want to eat meat but I had to. They kept my hair short and clipped my nails. I had to sleep on a hard bench without blankets. I was exercised, made to run about ten kilometers a day, around the town, followed by soldiers in a truck. And I was bathed, after a fashion.” “After a...

During the morning the appearance of Miss Smithers walking around in a tiny, dark bikini was well noticed around campus. Most people were cool about it, doing a double-take but then going about their classes. There were some prolonged stares and a few offhand remarks. A couple of guys said, “Wow, Tami, you really covered up today,” which she tried to ignore. Her unaccustomed clothing, scant though it was, tended to distract people from the fact that she did not appear well. Her movements...

He had noticed it in the photos in the glass case. As the uniforms for the rest of the band got more abundant and ornate over the years, with the addition of high boots, cummerbunds, epaulettes, the majorette’s uniform got more and more skimpy. The 1940’s majorettes wore mid-length skirts which showed some leg, but otherwise their uniforms were much like the rest of their band’s. And then over the years the big “shako” hat got smaller, the jacket shrank to a vest, then disappeared, the...