Oh sheepish - to have made such a crass mistake! I cover my head in shame... I thank you for your comments, I do try hard! but I put a lot of effort into trying to hone down/rephrase/prevent repetition.

did the description of the machine work? I mean, I'm really trying to describe a machine that is designed as a woman - you enter through the vagina, the back of the machine is the buttocks, the pillars are just the tops of the thighs... but described from an innocent Edwardian girl's point of view! It's really difficult... did you actually see what I was doing before I stated it more clearly within the story itself? It was really hard to write...

Thank you!