INTRODUCTION

St. Justine’s is the brainchild of a wealthy eccentric in his early sixties ... a Swedish millionaire by the name of Erik Knudsen. It grew out of a sado-masochistic fantasy he frequently was wont to enjoy but, unlike the rest of us, he was not content to keep it a fantasy. Erik Knudsen had the money, the means and the will to make it reality.

Thus, in complete secrecy and with full security, St. Justine’s was founded ... an ‘Academy for Young Ladies’ of a very special kind. An Academy where discipline is far, far stricter than any Victorian Girls’ School or Reform School. An Academy where twenty four girls and young women, between the ages of sixteen and twenty four, suffer incessant mental and physical torment. An Academy from which there is no escape, except into different forms of captivity and suffering.

Erik Knudsen never visits the Academy in person. However, as its ‘Governor’, he could not be more closely in touch. He is sent regular Weekly Reports on each ‘pupil’ ... and is sent colour video tapes of all school activities, both indoors and out. Also of many of the punishments administered. For St. Justine’s is honeycombed with hidden TV cameras and microphones which are constantly recording all that goes on within those dread walls.

So, in the comfort and privacy of his distant home, Erik Knudsen watch his fantasy become reality. He can see, and hear, it in action!

The Organisation of St. Justine’s is simple.

THE HEADMISTRESS

Martha Duerrisse. 35 years old.

Belgian born.

MISTRESS OF GRADE I (Junior Form)

Miss Hesther. Late twenties.

Redheaded Anglo-Irish.

MISTRESS OF GRADE II (Senior Form)

Miss Ingrid. Also late twenties.

Tall, husky, blonde Norwegian woman.

(Note: Junior and Senior does not refer to age but to length of stay in St. Justine’s.).

In addition, there are four men employed at St. Justine’s. All are in their thirties or forties.

GARDENER - Boris Mann.

BOILERMAN - Jan Havelet.

SECURITY - Jacob Durer.

LIAISON - Gustave Crane.

All ‘pupils’ arrive at St. Justine’s under sedation. They have no idea of their true whereabouts.

All ‘pupils’ are brainwashed on arrival. This makes it impossible for them to harm either themselves or their captors.

When a ‘pupil’ leaves St. Justine’s, she is brainwashed again. All memory of her terrible experiences is wiped away. She re-emerges in her previous world in a clinic, bemused and bewildered.

Officially, she has had a nervous breakdown. As best she can, she returns to a normal life.

Those less fortunate (those not being returned to a normal life) are also brainwashed. But, afterwards, they are sold into slavery in the Harems of wealthy Arabs or South Americans.

Erik Knudsen is the sole arbiter in such matters. A ‘pupil’ is ‘returned’ or ‘sold’ as he decrees.

Note: A remarkably efficacious quick-healing ointment (invented and produced by Erik Knudsen, who is a brilliant scientist) is in constant use at St. Justine’s. It swiftly removes the numerous weals and welts raised during any average day, thus ensuring that all ‘pupils’ are constantly fit to receive further punishment.

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Fiona Von Bal is the twenty-one year-old great-niece of Erik Knudsen. She is an exceedingly attractive and curvaceous blonde who was once much in favour with her great-Uncle. At the same time, she was much incensed by the behaviour of her 18 year-old step-sister Belinda ... who seemed determined to make inroads into her inheritance. The two girls, frankly, hated each other.

So it was that Fiona consulted her dear great-Uncle. He decided that Belinda should be sent to his special school. That was what he told Fiona, anyway. In fact, he decided that it was Fiona who would go there ... because he fancied the sexy little eighteen-year-old Belinda no end!

Thus it turned out. Fiona, visiting St. Justine’s to make all arrangements, was herself overcome and brainwashed. She found herself not the ‘sponsor’ of a ‘pupil’ but a ‘pupil’ herself!

Quel horreur!

Mais vrai!

Before long, Fiona is learning the hard way.

And Belinda is revelling in watching the sufferings of her step-sister on the video-tapes which regularly arrive. She feels no pangs of guilt at those sufferings.

Had not her step-sister originally intended she, Belinda, would endure precisely the same sufferings?

CHAPTER ONE

With a contented purr, young Belinda Spence sank down on to a couch. In her hands was the weekly ‘consignment’ from St. Justine’s. Pupils’ Reports and the video tapes of the week’s activities. It was a moment Belinda always treasured.

Normally it was one she shared with her great-uncle Erik (or Nunky as she usually called him) but that week-end he was away on business. At least, so he said. Belinda could not have cared one way or the other ... especially as he had given her permission to look at the new tapes and study all Reports. Beyond that, he had said she could make recommendations on the Reports.

The sense of power which that gave Belinda was almost unbelievably thrilling.

It felt a warm afternoon, even though Erik Knudsen’s villa was several thousand feet up in the Italian Alps. Green net curtains were drawn across a large picture window; two large overhead fans whirred softly. Belinda was virtually naked. Just a gossamer negligee of lemon-yellow hung around her ripe young body.

The girl felt remarkably randy. Partly that was due to the arrival of the ‘consignment’... something which, these days, turned her on in a quite extraordinary fashion. it was a pity Erik wasn’t there. Though he was in late middle-age, she still found him amazingly satisfying. As it was, she would have to make do with a vibrator.

Eagerly, Belinda opened the package containing the School Reports.

The weekly record of pain.

She went straight to the Reports for Grade II. Her step-sister Fiona’s form.

Ahh ... there was Fiona’s ...

Belinda read it avidly:

Name: FIONA VON BAL Age: 21 Class: II

COMMENTS AND CLASS PUNISHMENTS

Monday:

Untidy in appearance. THREE STROKES OF DOUBLE STRAP

Tuesday:

Three mistakes in French Prep. THREE STROKES OF DOUBLE STRAP

(Belinda noted now that Fiona had been at the School for several weeks, she rarely got the single-thonged strap. Either the double or triple was now used. Excellent!)

Wednesday:

Sixteenth in cross-country. (Handicapped). FOUR STROKES OF CROP

Thursday:

Too many mistakes in Arithmetic Test ... lack of effort, I am afraid. SIX STROKES OF DOUBLE STRAP.

In next session, too many mistakes in English Literature. Lack of effort again. SIX STROKES OF TRIPLE STRAP.

(Belinda experienced a twinge of pleasurable excitement. That should be worth watching on the video-tape!)

There were no entries against Friday. Then came a space for entries at the base of the Report.

HEADMISTRESS’S COMMENTS.

I am disturbed by this girl’s behaviour on Thursday of this week. As you see, she twice displayed lack of effort (laziness, in other words) yet I caned her for this very fault some two weeks ago. The Governor’s views would be welcome as to whether or not this pupil should be caned again.

Belinda felt an exquisite tingling on her nerves. Was she not ‘acting Governor’? Was not the decision up to her?

Yes, of course it was!

With fingers that trembled slightly, Belinda took up a pen from a table alongside her. Then she wrote in the space provided for GOVERNOR’S COMMENTS:

My firm view is that this pupil should certainly be caned again. And, may I say, more severely than last time.

Signed: B.S.

P.P. Erik Knudsen.

It would be very nice, reflected Belinda, if Fiona could catch sight of the Report upon which she had made her personal recommendation. Oh yes ... very nice indeed!

With smug satisfaction, the vibrant, dark-haired girl settled down to study the remainder of the Reports. Maybe there would be some more canings she could recommend!