Through that part of her nakedness, she felt his complete nudity as the skin of a grossly overweight hippopotamus. All at once her mind went totally blank and inky; her heart felt the most helpless fear, fear of the future. She struggled blindly to push away his head and fi nally remove the corner of the cover from her mouth. She panted heavily and screamed: “Bad egg!! Let go of me!” But with a dry throat, she was too frightened to speak in her normal language. Her oddly husky voice sounded panicky, the words of terror and fury burst out like hiccups.