there was a pause in the campaign while i came to take this kind of kiss for granted , then came the soft assault on my br**sts and then on my body , all so pleasurable , so calm , so lacking in drama , and then , one evening in my sitting-room , the slow stripping of my body `` because i must see how beautiful you are , '' the feeble , almost languorous protests , and then the scientific operation that had been prepared for trude .