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I take her Ladyship's tray up to her with her breakfast as Gripe told me to. I try and balanced the tray without spilling tea from the teapot, or sliding the small jug of milk over everything. I knock on her door with my fist, balancing the tray against *** and on hand. No answer; the old mare's still asleep; I tap louder. I hear movement, and a voice says, come in, sleepily. I open the door handle, and lift the tray off my *** and carry it into the bedroom, and she's lying there on her pillows, and her hair in a mess. I close the door with my backside, and stand there gazing at her. Ah Polly, breakfast, thank you. She sits up, and stares at me. I place the tray down carefully on the small breakfast table, and wheel it over her legs, and stand back, hands by my sides. Master George maybe coming home in a few weeks, she says, looking straight at me, her eyes peering at me, studying me.   O that's good, your Ladyship, I am glad to hear that, I say and smile a small smile. It is good news; I thought he would be in the hospital for longer, and I was afraid he may not be home for months on end. I say nothing; I see him in my mind shafting me in his bed that last time before he went back to the Front; his moustache against my cheek, his how'syourfather entering me. He will still need care, and we will employ a nurse to be here until he is well, she says, breaking into my memories. Yes that would be good, Madam, I say. He seems very focused on you, her Ladyship says, he seems to call your name frequently and no one at the hospital knew whose name it was, and what relationship she was to him. I blush a little; he's very kind and thoughtful, I say, pushing from my mind him kissing my neck and shoulder in his passion. If your being here helps his recovery that will be good, her Ladyship says quietly, eyeing me with her eyes. You may go now, she says. I curtsy, and leave the room, and close the door, wanting George inside me all the more.
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 4:21 AM UTC
TALK OVER BREAKFAST 1916.
I take her Ladyship's tray up to her with her breakfast as Gripe told me to. I try and balanced the tray without spilling tea from the teapot, or sliding the small jug of milk over everything. I knock on her door with my fist, balancing the tray against *** and on hand. No answer; the old mare's still asleep; I tap louder. I hear movement, and a voice says, come in, sleepily. I open the door handle, and lift the tray off my *** and carry it into the bedroom, and she's lying there on her pillows, and her hair in a mess. I close the door with my backside, and stand there gazing at her. Ah Polly, breakfast, thank you. She sits up, and stares at me. I place the tray down carefully on the small breakfast table, and wheel it over her legs, and stand back, hands by my sides. Master George maybe coming home in a few weeks, she says, looking straight at me, her eyes peering at me, studying me.   O that's good, your Ladyship, I am glad to hear that, I say and smile a small smile. It is good news; I thought he would be in the hospital for longer, and I was afraid he may not be home for months on end. I say nothing; I see him in my mind shafting me in his bed that last time before he went back to the Front; his moustache against my cheek, his how'syourfather entering me. He will still need care, and we will employ a nurse to be here until he is well, she says, breaking into my memories. Yes that would be good, Madam, I say. He seems very focused on you, her Ladyship says, he seems to call your name frequently and no one at the hospital knew whose name it was, and what relationship she was to him. I blush a little; he's very kind and thoughtful, I say, pushing from my mind him kissing my neck and shoulder in his passion. If your being here helps his recovery that will be good, her Ladyship says quietly, eyeing me with her eyes. You may go now, she says. I curtsy, and leave the room, and close the door, wanting George inside me all the more.
A HOUSE MAID AND THE LADY OF THE  HOUSE IN 1916
TerryCollett
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 4:21 AM UTC
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