Pistoleer: Roundway Down by Smith Skye

Author:Smith, Skye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rape, civil war, bristol, best, cromwell, devizes, chepstow, highnam, lowestoft, malmsbury
Publisher: Skye Smith

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The Pistoleer - Roundway Down by Skye Smith Copyright 2014-15

Chapter 21 - With Courtesans in London in April 1643

What a difference there was between two houses that were only two doors apart on the same street and which looked like twins from the outside. Betty's was cluttered by the needs of a large family, who all ate at the same table and all slept in the upstairs rooms. Britta's was elegantly sparse, with nothing out of place, and no clutter on any surface.

Daniel suffered through the introductions to some very comely, and quite vain, painted ladies, and then suffered through the wait for them to finish the latest card game. Hand after hand those painted ladies stared at him as if they were stripping him of his clothes with their eyes. It was fortunate that he was a poor country cousin else they would have been using their hands and not just their eyes.

Bored and impatient, he took the opportunity of a fresh deal to ask, "I am looking for Admiral Robert Rich. Does anyone know his current whereabouts?" No one spoke but every ear was cocked in case someone did. The question earned him a kick in the ankle from Britta. It was injury to insult because his step-daughter had not even given him a hug when he arrived - just the offer of her hand to kiss as if she were a great lady and he but a lowly farmhand.

After watching a few more hands, he dared mention to Britta that if she had played her ace of trumps first, that she would not have lost a sizable stack of coins to a painted lady who would have otherwise been out of the game. At the comment, Britta strongly hinted that he should go to the kitchen and find something to fill his mouth. As he stood and turned to leave the room his ears wilted with the naughty suggestions from the other ladies about what he could fill it with. He could feel their eyes on his bum as he walked out of the room.

After the painted ladies had all said their goodbyes and had fluttered away to their waiting coaches like a colorful cloud of spring butterflies, Britta joined him in the kitchen. Finally he got his big hug, and then a kiss full on the lips and long enough to be slightly naughty. She tasted sweetly of anise and cinnamon. The Wyred Sisters who wove irony into men's fates were having big fun with him today. The most intoxicating woman in London was throwing herself at him, and he was the only man in London who could not allow it. His body was craving more of the naughty, so he pushed her away and tried to replace her kisses with his words, any words. "You used to be a far better card player," he told her, lamely.

"Robert pays for my little kofe parties so that I can keep him informed of the comings and goings of the other Earls and Generals.

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