The Duke and The Governess by Norton Lyndsey

Author:Norton, Lyndsey [Norton, Lyndsey]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Lesnor Enterprises
Published: 2012-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

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Lady Eleanor Greyston was in such a rage that her maid was hiding beside the washstand. She had only worn a housecoat to the Duke’s apartments and the sash was having a hard time keeping her overabundant assets covered up.

‘The impertinent bastard!’ she shouted. ‘How dare he have me evicted from his room like I’m some kind of money grabbing whore!’

She paced and threw things around. She upended furniture and smashed the mirror on the dressing table, when she threw her silver backed hair brush at it. The crashing noise made the maid scream and brought Eleanor’s tantrum to an abrupt end. She sat down in front of the dressing table and put her head in her hands. ‘Why?’ she asked softly. ‘Why would he send me away?’

‘Perhaps you remind him of Victoria!’ Lady Christina Pritchard said from the doorway. She gestured for the maid to leave and strolled into the room, looking at the carnage around her. Overturned furniture and the ruined dressing table. ‘I do hope that wasn’t an antique piece.’ She said as she looked at the broken shards of mirror on top of the dressing table. ‘Be careful you don’t cut yourself.’

‘Why would I remind him of Victoria Asquith?’ Eleanor asked rather innocently for such an experienced Lady.

‘Didn’t you know the Duchess?’ Christina asked and when Eleanor shook her head, she smiled. ‘Then let me enlighten you. Lady Asquith wanted to be the Duchess of Warwick so badly, that she started the rumours of her affair with John Farrington and subsequent pregnancy herself. Her idea was to entrap the Duke and force a marriage. It worked superbly, as Emily Farrington was beside herself with shame over the rumours and to keep the peace in his household, John agreed to marry Victoria.’ Christina sighed deeply. ‘But my tale doesn’t end there, so let me warn you about chasing a man that doesn’t want you. John Farrington felt nothing for Victoria, not even respect. She killed that on the wedding night. John Farrington had the reputation of a rakehell right from when he first appeared in the City, so Victoria assumed he’d be able to service her just fine and she was prepared to give him the heir he needed, before satisfying her own debauched needs.’

‘What do you mean debauched?’ Eleanor asked enraptured at this tale.

‘Victoria had certain....proclivities.’ Christina continued. ‘Not only was she insatiable, but was more than willing to bed any number of people at the same time. Man or woman, it didn’t matter to Victoria Asquith. Orgies and whipping were the order of the day, why do you think Edward Asquith took to gambling, he couldn’t keep up with his sister. He found it intensely embarrassing that she had a larger appetite for sex than he did.’ She sighed again. ‘Of course, once she married the Duke, she had to hide these tastes. I was always surprised that he didn’t know what she was like.’ She said in wonder. ‘But I’m digressing. The marriage ceremony went fine and everybody feted the happy couple, but there was misery in paradise.

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