The Cabot Sisters Complete Collection by Julia London

Author:Julia London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

What mad thing have you done? Oh, Grace, dearest Grace, how could you do such an extraordinarily foolish thing? How could you have made such a terrible, terrible mistake? The moment I received your letter I wanted to come to you straightaway, but Easton says we haven’t the funds for it, and besides, there is the matter of our mother to consider. She can’t possibly travel now—I fear we would lose her, and even if we managed to hold her close, there is her unfortunate tendency to engage others in nonsensical speech. Augustine tells me he and Monica have decided to marry in private before the summer and that we must make accommodations for Mamma. What am I to do? I must obviously remain in London for her and our sisters until all is settled. I can’t possibly come to you now.

Oh, dearest, I don’t know how you will bear it! Your situation sounds truly wretched. My only advice is to make yourself as willing a wife as you are able. You really must try, and above all, keep a pleasant countenance! Easton says that a man is made pliable to his wife’s wants if he is kept well occupied in the marital bed. My face burns at the mere mention of it, but I don’t know what else to advise you. I’ll come as soon as I am able. Take heart, darling, and be strong. Remember Mamma always said a woman makes her own place in this world, and now you must make yours. Our love and sympathy, and do be patient until I can come to you! Fondly, Mrs. George P. Easton

WELL OCCUPIED IN THE marital bed? Grace rolled her eyes—Honor’s advice was not always helpful. How exactly did Honor think Grace was to do that with a man who had his way and then left? A man who was as cold to her outside of these rooms as a hard winter? The marital bed, as Honor put it, seemed to be the only thing he wanted from her. He clearly didn’t care to know her otherwise.

If her sister only knew how Grace longed to know more of the marital bed, to experience more, to be swept away on that cloud of pleasure. But something was missing from Grace’s introduction to intimacy, although she couldn’t say exactly what. She only knew if he continued to be aloof and distant with her, she didn’t care to experience more at his hand—no matter how pleasurable it felt in the moment.

Because even when she enjoyed the sensations, she felt as if she were scarcely more than a vessel to him.

A rap at the door startled her. Before she could stand, her husband walked into her room. He had that darkly lustful look about him that made her heart skip and her blood race. It almost felt as if her clothes fell away every place his gaze touched. He shut the door at his back, then reached for his neck cloth and unknotted it.

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