“And this,” my host continued expansively, “is Uta.” He pointed to the other girl. A bit taller than her more muscular rival, Uta had a lean, tightly knit body, slim-hipped and more angular than curved. Her breasts were narrow and pointy, capped with small dusky nipples. Her features were crisp and neat. With her nearly bald head, she had a clean-cut look enhanced by her trim lines and her denuded sex, a narrow triangle of shiny white flesh tucked between her sinewy legs. Though she would have been outweighed by her more substantial sister, she had the hard, wiry build of an athlete. She would be a very tough opponent, I surmised.

“Well, what do you think?” Gratius asked at last, breaking my reverie. A note of eagerness crept into his voice.

“About evenly matched, I should say.”

He agreed. Both were strong, determined young women. It was his idea to take advantage of their intense rivalry by pairing them off. The winner would be allowed to complete her triumph over her adversary in a very unique way, he assured me with a mysterious wink.

“But come, you must be a betting man,” he hinted.

“I would give the edge to Leia.” I took the safer bet.

He smiled. “A modest wager, perhaps?”

I had the sinking feeling that I was being taken, but there seemed no gentlemanly way out. I accepted his hand and the bet was made.

With a flourish of his hand, Gratius dismissed the wrestlers, who bowed in acknowledgment, and turned to go to take their places on the field of combat The room we sat in had three wide tiers, with a sunken circular pit in the middle of the room. Gratius and I were seated on the topmost level. Now the girls turned their backs to us, and I watched the rare view they presented as they descended the three levels to the sunken arena. Leia had the more generous ass, plump and voluptuous, while Uta sported a pair of narrow hard-muscled buttocks. A set of pillows had been placed in the center circle. Stuffed with down and covered with hard, smooth linen, they made the ideal surface for a slippery wrestling match, my host assured me proudly.