101 Best Sex Scenes Ever Written by Barnaby Conrad
Author:Barnaby Conrad [Conrad, Barnaby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-61035-001-3
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Published: 2011-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
Serious adultery is a frequent theme in the stories of Somerset Maugham. His famous novel, The Painted Veil, begins with this scene of in flagrante delicto:
She gave a startled cry.
âWhatâs the matter?â he asked.
Notwithstanding the darkness of the shuttered room he saw her face suddenly distraught with terror.
âSomeone just tried the door.â
âWell, perhaps it was the amah, or one of the boys.â
âThey never come at this time. They know I always sleep after tiffin.â
âWho else could it be?â
âWalter,â she whispered, her lips trembling.
She pointed to his shoes. He tried to put them on, but his nervousness, for her alarm was affecting him, made him clumsy, and besides, they were on the tight side. With a faint gasp of impatience she gave him a shoe horn. She slipped into a kimono and in her bare feet went over to her dressing-table. Her hair was shingled and with a comb she had repaired its disorder before he had laced his second shoe. She handed him his coat.
âHow shall I get out?â
âYouâd better wait a bit. Iâll look out and see that itâs all right.â âIt canât possibly be Walter. He doesnât leave the laboratory till five.â
âWho is it then?â
They spoke in whispers now. She was quaking. It occurred to him that in an emergency she would lose her head and all of a sudden he felt angry with her. If it wasnât safe why the devil had she said it was? She caught her breath and put her hand on his arm. He followed the direction of her glance. They stood facing the windows that led out on[to] the verandah. They were shuttered and the shutters were bolted. They saw the white china knob of the handle slowly turn. They had heard no one walk along the verandah. It was terrifying to see that silent motion. A minute passed and there was no sound. Then with the ghastliness of the supernatural, in the same stealthy, noiseless, and horrifying manner, they saw the white china knob of the handle at the other window turn also. It was so frightening that Kitty, her nerves failing her, opened her mouth to scream but, seeing what she was going to do, he swiftly put his hand over it and her cry was smothered in his fingers.
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