Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover
and turning away hastily left the place before I had time to rise and
interrupt her. I would fain have followed her and tried to induce her
to return, but I would not allow my passions to carry me so far as to
do what might injure her irreparably in the event of anyone being about
the grounds and seeing me in the condition in which I then was.
Before I could replace my dress so as to be able to venture out, she
had gone so far that she had reached the house ere I could make up to
her.
When we met at breakfast she took no notice of what had passed; nor
could I discover any difference in her manner to me, beyond her
heightened colour when we exchanged the morning greeting as if we had
not met before. But she carefully avoided any opportunity of our being
left alone, though I could sometimes detect her eyes glancing towards
me when she thought she was not observed, and more particularly in the
direction of the part of which she had obtained a first glance that
morning.
Having gone so far with her, I was determined to try at least whether I
could not get a little farther. So in the evening when a dance was got
up I asked her to waltz with me in such an open manner that she could
not easily make any excuse for not doing so. As soon as I got an
opportunity of saying a few words unheard, I whispered to her, "Come,
come, Laura, this is too bad of you to be offended at me for doing the
very same thing I saw you doing in the same place yesterday morning."
In an instant her face turned perfectly scarlet and then as pale as
death, and I am certain she would have fallen to the ground had I not
supported her. In a few seconds she recovered herself a little and in a
suppressed but earnest tone she whispered, "Hush, hush for God's sake."
I led her out of the room into the conservatory and pressed her to sit
down on a bench. She objected to this, saying, "Not here; not here,"
pointing at the same time to the door at the opposite side leading into
a rosary which was not overlooked from the drawing room. I there placed
her on a seat and sat down beside her and waited for a few minutes,
till her emotion should subside.
Finding that she was still quite overcome and remained silent,
trembling, and evidently greatly agitated by the discovery that her
secret was known to me, I said to her, "Laura, dearest, you need not be
in the least alarmed, your secret is quite safe with me, and nothing
shall ever induce me to say a word to anyone regarding it, nor need you
fear, my own darling, that I shall take advantage of it to make you do
anything you don't like."
She made no reply but at the same time she offered no resistance to the
caresses I ventured to bestow upon her, and I even fancied that the
warm kiss I imprinted on her lips was faintly returned. I went on to
say, "I cannot tell you what bliss it would give me if you would only
allow this little charmer to take his proper place, instead of the
wretched substitute I so much envied yesterday. I am quite sure it
would give you as much pleasure as it would me." And at the same time,
while I supported her with one arm round her waist, I placed her hand
upon the object to which I drew her attention, and which, throbbing
fiercely, lay extended along my thigh. Emboldened by her allowing her
hand to remain upon it, I unbuttoned a few buttons and removed my
shirt, when out it started stiff and erect as a piece of ivory. When I
again placed her hand upon it, I felt it grasped with convulsive
eagerness. Excited beyond measure by this, I slipped my hand under her
dress, bringing it up along her thighs until it reached the object of
my adoration, and gently insinuated a finger within its moist lips.
The touch of my finger, however, within such a sensitive spot seemed to
rouse her at once, for she started up, saying, "Not now, Frank, not
now, dearest. You must let me go. I must have time to think over this.
I know you won't refuse me when I tell you I cannot remain with you at
present. There, that is a good boy, go back to the drawing room, and I
shall follow you immediately." At the same time she gave a fond
pressure on the sensitive plant she still held in her grasp, imprinted
a warm kiss on my lips, and then tore herself from my arms.
I felt that the place was not such as to enable me to attempt to carry
the matter farther at present, and delaying for a minute or two in the
conservatory that I might calm down my excitement a little, I slipped
quietly back to the drawing room. To cover the agitation I still felt,
I again joined in the waltz with the first partner I could find. In a
few minutes Laura returned to the room, nor could anyone have possibly
discovered from her manner that she had so recently undergone such
violent emotion. I could hardly believe it possible that the seemingly
proud and haughty girl was the same panting, trembling creature who had
so recently been in my arms.
I soon, however, found reason to regret I had not chosen a more fitting
reason for my denouement, in which case I might perhaps have turned it
to greater profit than I appeared likely to do. With the morning, she
had recovered all her coolness and self-possession, and had evidently
determined on the course she was to pursue. She did not leave her room
till breakfast time, and afterwards evaded all my stratagems to obtain
a private interview with her.
After luncheon the horses were brought to the door, and a large party
started out for a ride. When we had gone a short distance, she
contrived to let the others get ahead of us, so as to leave us alone
together, for I had got her to dispense with Master John's attendance
when I accompanied her. She then turned up a quiet lane which led to a
common where there was little chance of our meeting anyone, and where
the many bushes, scattered in large clumps over it, were high enough to
conceal us from observation.
Then, without any hesitation, she entered at once on the subject which
engrossed all my thoughts. She said she could not imagine how I could
possibly have discovered her secret, but that as it was clear I had
done so, it was no use for her now to attempt to deny it, and that she
was quite sure I would not make any use of it that could be injurious
to her.
"But don't suppose," said she, "that I am offended at the manner you
took of showing me you had found out my propensity. It was a very good
idea, and I shall be delighted to become better acquainted with my new
friend," at the same time placing her hand upon him. "He is a very
handsome little fellow, but I must tell you frankly that though I shall
be happy to contribute as far as I safely can to afford him amusement,
you must not expect that I can allow him to do what might get me into
most serious difficulties. Perhaps after a time even this may be
managed, but at present it is out of the question, so he must be
contented for the present with the pleasures I can safely afford him."
As she spoke, she continued to unbutton my trousers and remove my
shirt, until she had fairly uncovered her new acquaintance, which
started out under the pressure of her soft fingers showing his head
proudly erect. She loaded it with caresses, at the same time expressing
in the warmest terms her admiration of its size and beauty. I saw at
once from her manner that she had made her mind up on the subject and
that there was no chance of complete success on that occasion at least.
So I resolved to make the best of the opportunity and humour her
inclination, and do all in my power to gratify her in her own way,
trusting that on some more propitious occasion I might obtain my wishes
in their fullest extent.
Ascertaining, therefore, that there was no one in sight and that we
were in such a position as to be able to command a view all round of
some considerable distance so that no one could approach us without
being observed, I said that all I desired was to contribute to her
happiness, and that I only wanted to know in what manner that could be
best done, and that I was quite ready to use every exertion in my power
to effect it; that if she had any curiosity about her new acquaintance,
I was quite prepared to do anything I could to gratify her. She said
she was curious about it, and would be delighted to have a better view
of it and see what it could do.
I immediately unbuttoned my braces and let down my trousers and tucked
up my shirt under my waistcoat, then, bringing my leg over the horse so
as to sit on one side in her own fashion, exposed everything to her
view. She seemed perfectly enchanted as she took hold of and played
with the ivory column and uncovered its ruby head and explored the
secrets of the pendant receptacles of the liquid of life. She seemed to
be fully aware of the effect of her soft hand moving up and down upon
the object of her worship, and she watched with eagerness the
consequences her operation produced. I did not attempt to conceal my
emotions from her in the least, and gave myself up to the voluptuous
sensations which her proceedings could not fail to occasion, till they
attained such a height that a full overflow of the precious liquid,
spouting from the overexcited tube, fairly attested the effect produced
upon me. She gazed upon the charming sight with evident delight, and
dwelt upon every excited motion I made, endeavouring by every means in
her power to heighten and increase my enjoyment.
When I had in some measure recovered from the pleasure-trance, I threw
my arms around her and thanked her for all the pleasure she had
afforded me and said it was not fair that I should enjoy all the
delight, and I trusted she would allow me to repeat upon her the lesson
she had thus practised on me. She said at once that she would not get
off the horse, but that if it would afford me any pleasure she was
quite willing that I should do anything I liked with her in that
position. I saw it was no use to attempt more, so I resolved to make
the most of my situation.
Dismounting from my horse, I removed her leg from the horn of the
saddle, and raising up her clothes discovered her most exquisite thighs
and the enchanting object between them almost completely hidden under a
cluster of dark-auburn curly hair. After kissing and caressing it for
some minutes, parting the moist lips, and tickling the surrounding
moss, I tried to introduce my finger. The tightness of the aperture and
the difficulty I had in getting it in beyond an inch or two soon
satisfied me that either the pain or the fear of doing mischief had
prevented her from using the substitute to such an extent as to deprive
the first living entrant of the glory and pleasure of a victory over
her virgin charms, and this discovery increased tenfold the desire I
felt to be the conqueror in such a splendid field of battle. I did the
best I could in the situation in which I was placed, and partly with my
finger and partly with my tongue I succeeded in creating such a degree
of titillation upon her sensitive clitoris and the adjacent parts that,
sided as it was by the excitement of the scene that had previously been
enacted, it produced such an effect upon her as she had never
previously experienced. When her convulsive motions ceased, and the
stream flowed over my fingers down her thighs, she bent down her head
and fondly kissed me, acknowledging that I had contrived to afford her
more pleasure than she had believed it possible she could enjoy.
I seized the opportunity to point out to her the effect which her
wanton hand had upon my champion, for she had now bent down to grasp it
and play with it again and it still held up its proud head as erect as
ever. I endeavoured to persuade her that what she had experienced was
nothing in comparison with the bliss he could bestow upon her. But she