vaguely she was aware of being held upright , and hands on her flesh ... molding over her br**sts and hips ... the smell of lust and perspiration , heavy and cloying ... some shadowy , indistinct dampness , heat , pressure ... then , in her dreamlike paralysis , she was aware of being moved : the brush of her feet against the stone floor , the change of position as she went from vertical to horizontal ... something hard beneath her , pressing the cape of feathers even more deeply against her skin .