Ashecombe-TheMasksofDesire01

雪雪竹梅

(Ch. 01)
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" t& z5 ]7 e& \soppingwetpanties series. a story, A Conscience. guidance. a fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, merchandise, companies, author's a manner. persons, dead, coincidental. 18 older.
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* * * 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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4 ^( @$ ?9 K$ z6 w  Q3 i# C1 {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.
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  Q; q) e  C  y$ `/ U  R6 n+ d"It perfect," said, mirror. saw.
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"You you. necessary?" asked, a yawn.

9 K4 ?: b2 g7 k! j2 |"Except you," said, gown, gown, a friend's endowment.

"There a few," conceded.
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"A few?" challenged. "I'd it's a dozen." endowed, Phoebe's accommodating. a untouched.

"I have... charms," a smile. a bosom. Lydia's a alteration. mother, room, seen. a a fashion, feet.
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+ x$ j# a7 l) s: h2 b) B"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.

* V2 H. ]6 W5 H( [) Z2 {" B"Please. tell," pleaded.

"He knees..."
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"And then?" breathlessly.

: ^9 D) J2 W$ N8 g/ z" p: A"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.

+ B$ e# K# f5 Y, g$ p1 X3 O! L. j8 U"It's perfect," pronounced, a handiwork, chin. image.
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9 |/ y9 l1 v6 l: W5 C; U"No, high." daughter. "Mademoiselle Fairleigh. propriety. immodesty."
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: w7 Y2 Q" n7 O1 X8 ]& H"I disagree," conviction. "It here," a nipple. hands. "I agree." a customer, a lover.

& V7 `$ R/ R2 v"I exceedingly," said. lips. "Very well, I change." friend, chair, eavesdropping alcove.

) K( B; H: S2 D) Z- ]' W"Tell more."

"He mouth. that."

' d' S& v$ d8 l8 ]"And did?" Lydia. hadn't a man's couldn't mouth.
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"I... see," said, didn't. cheeks.

"So I this," said, a finger.
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" f  P( C6 _" r* z) _A Lydia's spine, cool. sinful, unthinkable, legs. giggled. "Then he... a mouth. sweet. I manhood. he... he..."

" p4 k$ D3 P/ ]"He what?" breathlessly.

: ~: Q. g. h- v' g"He lips." catch. deviant. wicked. couldn't Lucien's mouth.

. c' \( ?. o, B% G"Are well?" friend.
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"Oh... yes," answered, well. a revealed. Phoebe's lover... submissive.

* * * 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.
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: K7 J% n% U$ v) @2 [8 c1 B& j"Home already?" out. day.

, J+ I( h* u& N% @) S+ K. A4 N"We fitting," offered, distress.
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"The gown?" chosen.

"Oh, yes," answered, staircase.
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"I'm pleased."
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"I'm glad, mama."
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"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.

* * * her. shirt, trousers, days. earth, soil, pins. a state, beauty. Lydia, a state, sight, understanding well.

"Lydia," a breathlessness. "Eleanor I garden." stopped, railing, a sister's lover.

"Are well?" asked.

"Yes... course," answered, flustered. mind. "My gown." smiled. "Of course, fitting."

"And me? task."

. s' u& Y9 T1 |"Moving bushes. Horticultural Thursday. is." sighed. "More I'd like."

1 m" u1 s8 A) H+ U1 A' B# P; J+ p* * * bright, sun, a bush. them, a eyes, shoes, a skirt, a man's

"You you're adversary," out, sister's brow. straightened, gloves. "We are. position." a stood. A face. body, breasts. A Lydia. reason.

# j! u1 u9 v- q7 x"It improvement," Eleanor's added. them. "Then it."

"That say, hands," answered. Clara. "I you," started, "I suffer. Besides, I myself."
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"It you, sister," said, laughing. a mirror.

. `6 M2 {+ j# E0 @+ @! z! `"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.
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"We a battle," said, "but prevail."
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. L8 E! G3 U- w# ^' y) {4 _, H1 O"I united, I assistance," said. "Gilbert service," added, a a hand.
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! `6 K0 h# A4 E"Lydia Fairleigh," said, a head.
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0 P! S: a8 f- r: J"Eleanor Fairleigh."

"Clara Haversham."

. m; @! Z3 ~# _9 j4 M) u' bGilbert's house's windows. estate, a Lydia. disappointed.
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"I assistance," said, a finality. "We capable." offer, it. "I it," said, Lydia, willingly. "Still... me." elbow, forearms, a sweat. bush.

* {9 f8 D2 s; ^  x7 [2 a"What here?" asked.
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"I horticultural meeting. garden, a I completed." cut.

" W' {& l- ^8 c# x  T0 s"A hive? destroyed?" asked.
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2 k+ P' v  g& i+ z' Y"That intent," said. "Instead a skep, we'd smoke, a colony. technology." efficiently, roots, free. a heat, sun, Frenchman's himself, ground.

, n: N2 {3 f+ s8 f- y% X"There," said. "Ready moved. I further?"

+ i; [9 }0 H0 L) q* B: O5 z"I here," Eleanor.
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6 X7 ~5 A" K' E7 m- A  `"I beehive," said, beehives.

! {& j! N, F; {. @. Z: G% @  ^0 V. o"Allow you," said. a attraction. "Please Lydia. I dirty, wouldn't again." offer, restraint. "I assist, hand..."

"We insist," Clara.
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"Very well," Lydia, Gilbert's arm. "I you."
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( u( E" z/ p0 D; _"I'm will," breath. Gilbert, misplaced.

* * * garden, installed.

"See here?" asked, inside. "This honeycomb. A bees."
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! j4 P' D" H8 E+ l! [/ Odevice. wasn't beehive. hair, behind.
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& k) L% k3 K% u7 h* W# i"Then trade?" asked, straightening up. smiled. "No, I flattered. a I'm him. Haversham's business, estate."

0 h) |* _, g  `$ C% F* i3 e& ~"A installation," noted, Gilbert's motivations. smiled, conversation. it. "I I chore."

Lydia's lifted, confirmed. "Is so?"
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* D$ M# j, }9 P/ i. j2 G"I a beauty."
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"Are Eleanor? I'm she's for." chuckled. "You modest, Lydia. I are... companions. I you."
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2 {" [7 o- X. ELydia's narrowed, precise. "You direct, Delacroix." haste. "Only plain." left, ground.
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"Truth boldness."
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. ~" \$ E3 P3 o9 m" J4 O/ F+ N& h"Should I honesty?"

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"I nothing," quietly. "I observe."
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"And observe, Delacroix?"

' X4 d, Z% N1 ^% x, j8 ^"I a away." proper, attraction. foreplay.
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) P! F6 O( S" a2 `0 S% q2 p"You fortunate, Delacroix, I consent."

"Then I yours?" asked. eyes, motives. "You not," said, herself.

Undeterred, eyes. "Perhaps I Ball."
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" v* A1 ]( {: s"Perhaps," said, away. "The us." left, meeting, skin, air. decided. world, choosing.

! E% b9 `8 k- ]0 w6 a8 `5 {* * * a room, guests. a table, intimacy, a fireplace, warmth. pounced, mischief.

' [1 k0 E4 p/ a/ [2 E3 L' D6 [9 }3 m"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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# }" |* g  b" k; u  n' f"He handsome," thoughtfully. "Painfully so, Lydia, Frenchman."

7 w8 W5 |8 d$ H"A Frenchman, say?" asked.
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"A Haversham," first. "He a beehive."
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"Ah," Fairleigh, nodding. "That Delacroix. today. Paris. years."
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"Mama, nothing," said.

"Is you?"

" o4 a1 H) ^, a* P"No," replied, a quickly.
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+ s, ?; I* h5 V) ~7 n4 ?+ n( U"Forgive that," said, softly. a sauce, greens, sauteed. withdraw. speculation. "You exist."
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( t- L0 l3 G$ ]  K5 M& l"And flustered," Clara.
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3 W6 c7 B, S2 ^+ X) D"And flattered," added. more, banter, Delacroix's again.

* * * a footstool, a hanger. exquisite, follow, hang, Lydia's body.

3 e9 N! P- n/ H6 F- j, |: M" ]$ x"My dear," voice, "it beautiful." head, down, construction, a neckline.
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3 t3 ^- l; u1 w, J& Z"That low," scolded. "I I hanger. Haversham's ball." reflection, allowed, a breasts.
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* s$ I/ @7 }" n"It favored. perfect," argued, tight, eyes.

( m" o' ^3 z. K- g2 g8 @"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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5 a+ N; w# Z& D  ]% V5 D$ I"You gown... condition."

6 G& \$ t- W* z# s& HLydia'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.

"There, do." mirror, hidden. up, slip.
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$ s1 \* S6 }- P0 L: B* * * afternoon, carriage's porch. A door.
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"Was satisfactory?" asked.
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"Very," answered, carriage.

"Did Lydia?" asked, accurate. hadn't hand, he'd others. carefully, a time, footman. "I did," said. know.
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; d  B1 F! V9 n$ z* `3 b"Was I you?" passed, back. "You understated, Fletcher. a day."
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& i6 m: `0 y" K" T' l% c* e) H"And..." it.

"Do I her? Oh, friend. I that."

( E; T0 G" d. m  ]Smiling, estate, Monique's Fletcher's eyes.

* * * name, Eleanor, Lydia. a a dais, them. gown, breasts. A Lydia's dress. Montreval, ball, approval.
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4 W! ~) Q9 _; @0 B; D) a+ G) g"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.

"May I card?" asked, onlookers. many, Ashecombe. distracted, Gilbert. distraction.
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"May I assistance?" asked. wandered. "No... no, I sister." a away. looking, her.

"Of course," said, leave.

( Z# D9 C. N- I9 l* * * 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.

2 R1 J# X6 d, x  w# kA waist. Lydia's only.
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% ?; l! J1 X. y% xConcerned, modiste's daughter, gown.
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"Is amiss?" asked, feet.
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"No... no.... that," English, wall.
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Lydia's raised. "Then it?"

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"Yes?" impatiently, Bexley, card.

"... I Phoebe..." woman.
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"... right..."
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* y' x4 u( s! t* h"Then don't I say..." leave, thoughts. left. Monique, her.

8 Q  ~* I0 L* `5 S: s8 g( F0 z8 X- C"I stay... a start..."
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"The done..."

"Yes."
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"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.

" A8 i5 t5 z2 x7 f* F"How?" asked. smiled, confirmed.

& C6 y* _' y8 O6 w/ D% ["Walk me," a voice, obedience. "I gown, edge." Monique's obey, floor. a a way. back.

2 I, b, M7 j! e8 t/ O' S) z"Now repair. I cottage," whispered. nod.
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"Oh my!" gasped, Lydia's gown.

3 p9 S) ?9 {: e* A1 L! }/ P  R5 ]7 _"One it. it. I'll return, I'm take."
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"You go," insisted. daughter.
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* * * 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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( B5 {: m* _1 ~0 v/ X"Miss Lydia, you've abode. Welcome." a hand. there, planted, expressionless, there.

"Ah," said, smiling. "You don't say, are."

"I shouldn't here," said. "My return."
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1 a2 L1 w4 X6 R" u; n5 |"Second thoughts,
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8 ~" V' l% N6 N- n! U?" asked. shoulders, breasts. hand.

; U5 @- E+ Y. Z" O3 i"I go." Lydia's her, leave.

Instead, Gilbert's a buttons. drawers. man's she'd seen, flaccid. Lydia.
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"Your this," said, demonstrating a penis, soft, touch. softly.
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"You see, yours. anything."

"And this." "O" dark, hair. Gilbert's forward. a chin. a breath.
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/ C. g, }% o, A7 ?( v. C" z1 w"Would try?" a "no."

- f0 o! F( o( ^" a8 d3 \"You now." deep, suddenly. disappointment.
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$ k" G% `. ]$ [5 Z5 {& n"At I him. Isn't right, Gilbert?"

"

Oui." Gilbert, drawers.

1 ~: U. S: T# b1 i7 B) Z"Pull down..." knees, waistband.

3 j& h) Z2 E% O& a: m; d* G"... teeth, Gilbert." a teeth, ankles.
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Lydia's Monique's patch, droplets, firelight. Lydia's dry. desire.
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, }9 @3 d* t( Y, U5 O( n* TGilbert's forward, tongue, Monique's intervened, forehead.

"No. I ask." knees, Mistress. eyes.
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. o6 ~( Q4 M, D. X; ~  P* z- C"Beg."

"Please..."

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

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