The chained women stood each day, huddled together in the compound. The sun burned down on them. They were offered no shelter. The strict guards watched them. They looked out for the slightest transgression and punished them if one was detected. One day Chryseis was whipped for looking up towards the rising sun. Day by day Sappho carefully worked her way nearer to Chryseis until she was close enough to talk. 'Chryseis, dear Chryseis, I am so happy to be close to you again. I have missed you so much. I thought we would never be together again.' 'Sappho, I never doubted we would be together. And I do not doubt we will again take our rightful place, as ladies of the temple.' 'Do not tease me, Chryseis. I am too upset to think of it.' 'I am not teasing, my darling. It will happen, I promise.' 'Then it will be like my dream.' Sappho felt a surge of excitement run through her body. If only, she thought. She clung to Chryseis' arm. She felt her sex moisten at the touch of Chryseis' smooth skin.
