Ashecombe-TheMasksofDesire01

雪雪竹梅

(Ch. 01)

% A) q) w/ k( ~+ V7 ?soppingwetpanties series. a story, A Conscience. guidance. a fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, merchandise, companies, author's a manner. persons, dead, coincidental. 18 older.

. D: z( A. Y: i  v7 @! \: Y  C* * * hierarchy, Lyndon. stream, a artery, spices, silk, and, importantly, Paris. docks, Continent, east, accounts. Era, 1800's, history. tide, Ashecombe's ton, a small, fashion, behavior, reputation. Montreval, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, a barrister, Dr. Ashcroft, medicine, St. Bartholomew's Children. law, Montreval, Ashcombe, ton. Montreval's East. whispers, were, a a station, didn't death, a a crane's snapped. husband's business, banking, philanthropy. plume, a her.

Wealth, status, "the Season," April, balls, foxes. a negotiated, aligned, tested, ton. ingénue Season, twenty, hair, a unmarried, a room. Fairleigh, three, Anne, middle. Fairleigh, a consequencein Eleanor, a [a One], Pembroke. Ball, Season. a desires. deviation, pleasure. a narrow, Ashcombe. Paris, Lisette, Fournier, a matron, young, Monique.
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Inside, Ball, Haversham. silk, wall, a a table. a a chair, open, bored. nineteen, a full, debutantes. lustrous, a gold. a sigh, frown, Lydia, her. sensible.
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"Do again?" moaned. fitting. fichu, Lydia's cleavage, Monique, a blonde, mouth, hem.

"It perfect," said, mirror. saw.

& D$ l. W1 L+ g! R1 p"You you. necessary?" asked, a yawn.

"Except you," said, gown, gown, a friend's endowment.
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"There a few," conceded.

3 Y- Q5 o: z. ^( n"A few?" challenged. "I'd it's a dozen." endowed, Phoebe's accommodating. a untouched.
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. E' J* A# d: m) ~"I have... charms," a smile. a bosom. Lydia's a alteration. mother, room, seen. a a fashion, feet.
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"Tell Lucien," whispered, trying, failing, excitement. Phoebe's admirer, a Ashecombe's rooms. Marchand, a family, tall, a powerful, build, shoulders, distinctively French: jaw, cheekbones, a bridge. a directions, lead. intimidating. irresistible. Marchands, Ashecombe. Lucien's control. Lydia's request. her, adventures, exploits.
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5 ~8 k, I. m* C/ k% p2 s" K"Please. tell," pleaded.
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# n7 N$ E7 b' F: E0 G( D& _1 \2 V"He knees..."

"And then?" breathlessly.
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5 k1 v* S, ~" `$ S  Z"He mouth..." gasped. laughed. "You blush, Lydia. a I mean." moment, gown. alcove, she'd overheard. Phoebe's story, up. significantly lowered.

"Let on," Lydia's locks. wrinkles, Lydia's buttocks, a allowed. nothing.
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"It's perfect," pronounced, a handiwork, chin. image.
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"No, high." daughter. "Mademoiselle Fairleigh. propriety. immodesty."

"I disagree," conviction. "It here," a nipple. hands. "I agree." a customer, a lover.

"I exceedingly," said. lips. "Very well, I change." friend, chair, eavesdropping alcove.

"Tell more."

"He mouth. that."

) x1 u0 a% G- K& b  a  [0 c"And did?" Lydia. hadn't a man's couldn't mouth.

"I... see," said, didn't. cheeks.

"So I this," said, a finger.

A Lydia's spine, cool. sinful, unthinkable, legs. giggled. "Then he... a mouth. sweet. I manhood. he... he..."

"He what?" breathlessly.
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"He lips." catch. deviant. wicked. couldn't Lucien's mouth.
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"Are well?" friend.

3 a; _7 V* F! ~% M. a. D- K, ?"Oh... yes," answered, well. a revealed. Phoebe's lover... submissive.
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* * * a flutter, unsteady. a sweets, fashions. gone, dust, Phoebe's brightly. a man's cock. lips... wrong. taught. persisted, a swamp...
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* * * a fortune. Montreval's Continent, Paris. time, blessed. forties, a widows. a ledger, nose, study.

"Home already?" out. day.
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"We fitting," offered, distress.
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"The gown?" chosen.
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"Oh, yes," answered, staircase.
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"I'm pleased."

0 a4 P* t0 `2 J2 m"I'm glad, mama."

"Oh, thing. garden. them?"
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Lydia's drooped. a question, a demand. a eyes, worse.
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"I'd to," answered, all. gown. would, Fornier, scandalous.
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* * * her. shirt, trousers, days. earth, soil, pins. a state, beauty. Lydia, a state, sight, understanding well.
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"Lydia," a breathlessness. "Eleanor I garden." stopped, railing, a sister's lover.

"Are well?" asked.
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: V$ N5 R/ w: l! W"Yes... course," answered, flustered. mind. "My gown." smiled. "Of course, fitting."
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"And me? task."
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, y, _$ y, {( {3 o. E"Moving bushes. Horticultural Thursday. is." sighed. "More I'd like."
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' S( K' O) f+ y* * * bright, sun, a bush. them, a eyes, shoes, a skirt, a man's

: o. |& y3 G& Z"You you're adversary," out, sister's brow. straightened, gloves. "We are. position." a stood. A face. body, breasts. A Lydia. reason.

& ?# G( {$ B9 K+ H"It improvement," Eleanor's added. them. "Then it."
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, ~- ^9 m9 H( ?. d"That say, hands," answered. Clara. "I you," started, "I suffer. Besides, I myself."

+ X' n  G/ W6 k: b2 v# B: `' x& l"It you, sister," said, laughing. a mirror.
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"At reason," said, all.
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"Good what?" a man's out. a laborer's clothes, hair, gaunt, a beard, dungarees. Lydia, insistent. flustered, quickly. "To rose," answered. Clara. true. woman, him, beauty. one, kneeling, a blonde, right.

. v7 D( C3 q* E% y& w# k"We a battle," said, "but prevail."

  s4 k/ `( |# P$ M$ J6 J"I united, I assistance," said. "Gilbert service," added, a a hand.
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* n" \3 u/ ]5 Y0 O5 ~: ?& u"Lydia Fairleigh," said, a head.
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% f# F" w2 [0 F  h3 N. r"Eleanor Fairleigh."

; H! Q9 h! a( P5 i$ ^"Clara Haversham."

; o: y5 |) y7 f) UGilbert's house's windows. estate, a Lydia. disappointed.

"I assistance," said, a finality. "We capable." offer, it. "I it," said, Lydia, willingly. "Still... me." elbow, forearms, a sweat. bush.
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"What here?" asked.

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"A hive? destroyed?" asked.

' m* m- j, A0 n6 Z# Z"That intent," said. "Instead a skep, we'd smoke, a colony. technology." efficiently, roots, free. a heat, sun, Frenchman's himself, ground.
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3 r1 q1 p- z8 X! q& s"There," said. "Ready moved. I further?"

"I here," Eleanor.

# p0 y0 f5 F* m; b" x% _"I beehive," said, beehives.

; n6 {# d( C" y9 r$ O6 T' O6 m! B: u( l% ]"Allow you," said. a attraction. "Please Lydia. I dirty, wouldn't again." offer, restraint. "I assist, hand..."

0 N1 Z0 e# z6 B4 u" q4 _! W"We insist," Clara.
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"Very well," Lydia, Gilbert's arm. "I you."
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* Y, E5 N; D! E3 m( Q"I'm will," breath. Gilbert, misplaced.
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5 {/ e9 x$ C5 Q5 E* * * garden, installed.

"See here?" asked, inside. "This honeycomb. A bees."

( S$ j6 L; p) f) F" n" m  Edevice. wasn't beehive. hair, behind.

4 p0 L: q! d. t* O"Then trade?" asked, straightening up. smiled. "No, I flattered. a I'm him. Haversham's business, estate."
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/ ]$ M4 n2 |& o( Q"A installation," noted, Gilbert's motivations. smiled, conversation. it. "I I chore."
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0 l3 K7 `! ]1 ^* `, I- KLydia's lifted, confirmed. "Is so?"
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4 a' z  z7 `  W) N& G" ?  I"I a beauty."

1 p) W! L/ O" q1 c& {0 s. P$ d; v"Are Eleanor? I'm she's for." chuckled. "You modest, Lydia. I are... companions. I you."

% e- ^0 r* F* ^% h& ELydia's narrowed, precise. "You direct, Delacroix." haste. "Only plain." left, ground.

9 d# d6 c) E$ \  I+ X1 c# z" g: g"Truth boldness."
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"Should I honesty?"
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"Your impertinent."
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0 Q2 h0 K1 r& M6 t"I nothing," quietly. "I observe."
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  p* Y, M# b! X" M* ], ~"And observe, Delacroix?"

"I a away." proper, attraction. foreplay.

" _- s7 h' d: g  ?"You fortunate, Delacroix, I consent."
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"Then I yours?" asked. eyes, motives. "You not," said, herself.
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Undeterred, eyes. "Perhaps I Ball."
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"Perhaps," said, away. "The us." left, meeting, skin, air. decided. world, choosing.

* * * a room, guests. a table, intimacy, a fireplace, warmth. pounced, mischief.
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7 Q% B0 a. o  _2 H"So, trip, alone?" asked. a mouth. "She seem... engaged." a glass, a drink. "I polite."
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"Polite?" repeated. "Is we're now?"
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A table, a a course.
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"He handsome," thoughtfully. "Painfully so, Lydia, Frenchman."
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"A Frenchman, say?" asked.
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/ I6 N# E2 A! k4 K5 O"A Haversham," first. "He a beehive."

' X5 j) v* {' g% z2 Q; c! y"Ah," Fairleigh, nodding. "That Delacroix. today. Paris. years."
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"Mama, nothing," said.
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"Is you?"
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"No," replied, a quickly.

"Forgive that," said, softly. a sauce, greens, sauteed. withdraw. speculation. "You exist."

, ~% U/ m# Z% T4 Q* R" [; P# o"And flustered," Clara.

- g/ v2 |" R/ E4 A7 ^' `"And flattered," added. more, banter, Delacroix's again.

* * * a footstool, a hanger. exquisite, follow, hang, Lydia's body.
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"My dear," voice, "it beautiful." head, down, construction, a neckline.
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- M# a) D, v% O) K0 H& H4 b' X"That low," scolded. "I I hanger. Haversham's ball." reflection, allowed, a breasts.
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: _; w8 g* D: P9 m% f% {"It favored. perfect," argued, tight, eyes.
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$ ^  w9 I4 w: X$ `. ^"It neckline," answered, forcefully, daughter's disappointment. blonde's face. "This I'm I'm a child." hesitated, a one. daughter, Lydia's shoulders.
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"Hush," a tone. "We a solution." again, radiant. sighed, hold.
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4 `3 B8 a% C8 s+ ^- l2 }$ b"You gown... condition."

! k. u; ?2 o/ q/ a& o. jLydia's brightened, sorrow. "Anything."
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"You a shawl," firmly. "It dancing. I discarded, once, immediately." hand. "I promise, mother." armoire, a daughter's shoulders. handiwork.

  W% M4 q5 B( L7 Y"There, do." mirror, hidden. up, slip.

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% A7 Q) L' F0 r0 p* }! R"Was satisfactory?" asked.

"Very," answered, carriage.
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% E* q" q% _- G"Did Lydia?" asked, accurate. hadn't hand, he'd others. carefully, a time, footman. "I did," said. know.

% V  O; L' T! p! j, ~: R0 _"Was I you?" passed, back. "You understated, Fletcher. a day."

, |. R5 h$ H/ `5 l"And..." it.

"Do I her? Oh, friend. I that."
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$ g! G" i5 V6 q) c# ^7 H& M4 YSmiling, estate, Monique's Fletcher's eyes.

% f& [* B! x& K* * * name, Eleanor, Lydia. a a dais, them. gown, breasts. A Lydia's dress. Montreval, ball, approval.
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"You me," floor. spoke. "No objected. me."

"We later," sternly. a reckoning, moment. tomorrow. shine.

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A gentleman, Fenton, Birmingham, floor. bachelors, Lydia. short, , a gentleman, a pulse.
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: ~4 v1 u1 I% `( @# y3 k# p"May I card?" asked, onlookers. many, Ashecombe. distracted, Gilbert. distraction.
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& t" \- _$ f9 ^/ H"May I assistance?" asked. wandered. "No... no, I sister." a away. looking, her.
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. F: `4 v0 T5 u+ @) ^" i"Of course," said, leave.
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* K8 u% w3 J, I0 O  {* * * a her. Haversham, diligent, catastrophes, imagined, fortunes. lace, fastenings, residence, a workroom. not, course, Gilbert's motives. Lydia's age, a Frenchwoman, hair, brassy, a roots. ton, a glamour, plain. A a figure. trying, station. ballroom. watching. signaling.

A waist. Lydia's only.
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  Z& P2 `# a! \Concerned, modiste's daughter, gown.
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1 C+ K8 ?3 s3 c, E$ ?# I) z& X. O"Is amiss?" asked, feet.
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"No... no.... that," English, wall.
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Lydia's raised. "Then it?"

"At shop..."

"Yes?" impatiently, Bexley, card.

"... I Phoebe..." woman.

"... right..."

"Then don't I say..." leave, thoughts. left. Monique, her.

"I stay... a start..."
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"The done..."
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"Yes."

4 r  N; d+ n; O7 \6 g4 M, G. X"Do yourself? watch." a mouth. a she'd Lydia's intentions. didn't. insignificant Lydia, racing. Lydia's accepted. didn't refuse. Gilbert's alluring. thoughts.

"How?" asked. smiled, confirmed.

"Walk me," a voice, obedience. "I gown, edge." Monique's obey, floor. a a way. back.
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"Now repair. I cottage," whispered. nod.
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" l% `( _. m( p2 `"Oh my!" gasped, Lydia's gown.

* k7 o5 x) {; D, [6 @8 E7 q7 ^"One it. it. I'll return, I'm take."

"You go," insisted. daughter.

* * * a a insubstantial countryside. didn't existed. earlier, family, a guests. distinguished within, privacy, residence, a trees. countryman, Sade. door, a ivy. a a a a fireplace. a a pattern, a shirt, unbuttoned, boots. him, a lightweight, garters. entered, seated, demurely.
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"Miss Lydia, you've abode. Welcome." a hand. there, planted, expressionless, there.

"Ah," said, smiling. "You don't say, are."
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0 K0 j! M! @% _"I shouldn't here," said. "My return."
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& H% q3 f8 b, o! F) |9 v5 ]# X3 K! O( K"Second thoughts,
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?" asked. shoulders, breasts. hand.
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5 a, S8 D7 M+ @"I go." Lydia's her, leave.

Instead, Gilbert's a buttons. drawers. man's she'd seen, flaccid. Lydia.
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! g" ~8 h; a4 h"Your this," said, demonstrating a penis, soft, touch. softly.
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"You see, yours. anything."
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0 g2 l7 C& i; ]5 s"And this." "O" dark, hair. Gilbert's forward. a chin. a breath.
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"Would try?" a "no."

"You now." deep, suddenly. disappointment.

# f/ o4 t/ M; v! c) o  d"At I him. Isn't right, Gilbert?"
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"
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0 X  `1 M. U% g0 s& U7 f# V0 mOui." Gilbert, drawers.
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"Pull down..." knees, waistband.
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2 I3 t: [3 X  J6 w# q! c"... teeth, Gilbert." a teeth, ankles.

/ @& t" v- C) l! }4 jLydia's Monique's patch, droplets, firelight. Lydia's dry. desire.
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$ Z) u" c* A' y& j3 o& e  u7 BGilbert's forward, tongue, Monique's intervened, forehead.
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"No. I ask." knees, Mistress. eyes.

& f- i+ F. D5 k/ w"Beg."
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9 T* Z8 _# o- L$ I4 K"Please..."
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Lydia's a dance. a sex, a thighs. Gilbert.

$ B+ C4 z. B9 B- }. J7 A" bMonique's Lydia. hers.

it. "accidental" meeting. Lydia's she'd tale. world. a a hem. a witnessed. Fairleigh's modiste, mother. family.
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