“Did you know you had a prostitute in your grade?” She explained that thirteen boys had locked the girl in question in a cellar and had taken turns having intercourse with her. “She couldn’t get out,” said this accuser, “and she liked it.” Over the course of the next few days, the story was recounted many times, as the male participants boasted of their roles in it. Their victim stayed out of school for a few weeks, and when she returned, she and Lyosha became friends. They were now a group of three: the Faggot, the Prostitute, and the Snob.