to bond , they all seemed beautiful and g*y in the soft evening light-the proud , rather coarse-nippled br**sts , the gleaming , muscled buttocks , cleft by the black cord that held in place the frontal triangle of black cotton , the powerful thong round the waist with its string of oval lead weights , through which was stuck an angular steel pick , the white rag round the tumbled hair and , below , the laughing dark eyes and lips that were happy with the luck of the day .