Story of O

Jacqueline returns from the film she was working on to O’s apartment. Two days later, she walks in on O in the bath and hears O’s iron disks hitting the enamel. This sound causes Jacqueline to look at O’s naked body, seeing both the disks and the brand marks. O explains to Jacqueline that René gave her to Sir Stephen and that the disks are the marks of his ownership, along with the brands on her buttocks. She also tells Jacqueline that Sir Stephen has her whipped by his servant. O reveals that she knows that Jacqueline and René have been sleeping together. O then has sex with Jacqueline, who consents out of relief that O is not jealous about her and René. After sex, O tells Jacqueline about Roissy, suggesting that she come, with Jacqueline saying that she will visit the place “just for a look” after returning from their holiday (230). O, Jacqueline, René, Sir Stephen, and Jacqueline’s sister, Nathalie, will share a villa together at Cannes for the trip. O’s bedroom there, which she will share with Jacqueline, has a secret partition with Sir Stephen’s, so that when O and Jacqueline make love, he will be able to see everything.