knew it too.' ''You don't say, monsieur! How did you find it out?' ''Come with me and I will show you.' 'He brought her to a room at the rear of the house, which he called his laboratory and in which was a variety of chemical and scientific apparatus. For monsieur was a much esteemed science lecturer. Off this room was a small privy adjoining the one for general house use.
They were both what are called earth closets, and were supplied with fresh earth every day by the gardener; the open space under the seats was roomy and fully lighted by a large aperture behind.
'Monsieur first brought Juanita to the house closet, and having marked with chalk a cross on the underside of the cover, he closed it down; then he too her to his own, and directed her to look through a tube placed slanting in the seat. To her surprise, she got a clear view of the cross marked on the underside of the cover of the other closet.
'Monsieur smiled, and said, 'Now, Juanita, if that were a bottom, don't you think we could easily tell whether it had a prick or a cunt?' ''I suppose so,' she answered.
''well, this morning, I watched Monsieur Gipton going to the closet and soon had the satisfaction of seeing a beautiful girl's bottom performing in the usual way; and I saw yours too, my pretty Juanita, and I can tell you, it made my old prick stand again. Come my pet, stoop over and let me fuck you en levrette.' 'Then, after pawing over and moulding her posteriors, and nibbling at her cunt, he plunged in his prick; and as he worked it to and fro, loud grunts and snorts proclaimed the intensity of his enjoyment.
When she stood up and had shaken down her dress, as a hen shakes her feathers after passing from under the cock, he kissed her, and said,
'Sweet Juanita, you more than make up for Madame’s coldness and neglect; may I test your kindness a little further — will you help me gain Frances? And then, we shall have fine times, all three together.' 'She said her influence was small, but she would willingly do all she could.'
Part of Lord Ferrars' narrative not being quite clear to me, I interrupted him by saying, 'But my lord, you have not told us by what means monsieur obtained the interesting view of Frances's pretty bottom.'
'True; the fact is, monsieur brought scientific knowledge into operation.
He fixed two mirrors, which he was in the habit of using at his lectures, on the opposite side walls under the seats. There was only the one open space extending under the two closets, and by placing the mirrors at the necessary angles the reflection of whatever was on the seat was thrown up from one to the other; and by using on his side a slanting tube through a perforated cover, the secret was not revealed to any person looking down through the other opening. So, monsieur was able to enjoy at his leisure the interesting, and in some cases, most exciting view of the varied bottoms of the young ladies who attended his classes. And although, in the first instance, he devised this arrangement for the special purpose of unravelling the mystery concerning Frances, yet finding it work so admirably, he maintained it in good order, to his continuing gratification; and while on the subject, I may as well confess that the very last treat I had before leaving Genoa (by which time, monsieur and I had become close friends) was the passing of an hour in that curious place of observation. It was while monsieur was holding one of his largest classes, and as soon as he had placed me in position, he allowed them, as he said, to stand at ease, in other words, to ease themselves if they liked. So as we anticipated, they at once went off in parties of two or three to the privy. I should mention that I was able to hear as well as see all that passed, for monsieur had arranged an acoustic appliance, by which he could hear even a whisper, while he watched their bottoms at the same time.
'The first thing that struck me was how shameless these girls were to one another; amidst explosive discharges and sundry sounds more loud than musical, they laughed and chatted about their sweethearts and admirers with the utmost unconcern; and secondly, from the violence with which they shot forth their evacuations, I thought how uneasy they must have felt before; and lastly, the extent to which their bottoms and cunts seemed to open surprised me not a little, while the spasmodic action of the latter reminded me of a mouth after a similar discharge.
'Ever since then, when I see young ladies sitting with their hands folded, and looking so demure as if butter would not melt in their mouths, my thoughts revert to the appearance their bottoms would present if we could witness them in the act of complying with the imperative demands of nature.
'But to return to monsieur. The first effect of his discovery was to convince him that Frances must have been the good angel that visited him in the night, and gave him such complete satisfaction. She must be, he thought to himself, the distinguished mistress of Lord Ferrars, and in his absence, she naturally turns to me for relief. Though, how she found out that my wife was not with me in bed, I cannot divine.
'His thoughts, however, were now chiefly concentrated on the possible use he could make of this discovery; for his previous enjoyment of her charms, followed by his stolen view of the whole region of love itself, had fired his imagination and stimulated his desire to the utmost degree.
'so, he only waited for a favourable opportunity to try what effect the announcement would have on Frances herself.
'His success, as I am sure you are all glad to hear, was proportionate to his ingenuity. But as Frances was the party chiefly concerned, it will be more satisfactory, I think, to leave the conclusion of that part of my narrative in her hands.
'We well therefore ask you, my pet, kindly to oblige our friends by relating how the old Gentleman very craftily but most successfully accomplished his design.'
CHAPTER 9
'Well, good friends, my interlude will not take long to dispose of, for monsieur advanced boldly to the breech (we all laughed at her attempt at a pun but she gravely went on), and by a gallant charge soon made his way into the citadel itself.
'I had remarked for some time that he was growing very kind and indulgent in his mode of imparting instruction, but latterly he had become positively insinuating. And on the very day after Lord Ferrars had spoken to me of his desire to compensate him in some way for the neglect of his wife, he made the first overt attempt.
'When our usual lesson was finished, he told me he was busy preparing a lecture on optics, and then added, 'By the way, Francis' — he always called me Francis now — 'do you know a very curious application might be made of the law of reflection. Suppose two privies adjoining one another had one open space below sufficiently lighted up…' then he showed the action of two mirrors placed underneath, as his lordship has described, and illustrated his meaning by a diagram which he rapidly sketched on paper. Then he asked me: 'Do you understand?' ''Yes,' I replied, 'I know enough of science to understand that; but you surely will not introduce such an illustration as that into your lecture?' ''No, but I have carried it out in actual practice. Come, and I will show you how the principle works.' 'He brought me to the privies and marked the cover as he had done for Juanita and when he had shown me how plainly the cross could be seen through the tube on his side, he put his arm round me and with a triumphant smile said, 'My sweet Frances, I have seen you in there more than once, I therefore know your secret now; don't be vexed with me, for I love you with all my heart; and I have reason too, for I am certain you once came in the night and gave me delicious consolation, when madame left her own bed, I suppose, for another. You cannot deny it! Let me, my love,' and he tried to kiss me.
''Oh, no, monsieur, you are under some strange hallucination; it must have been somebody else that you saw.' ''No, my pet, I saw you go in and close the door, and then your lovely bottom was fully exposed to my admiring gaze. And now, sweet Frances, tell me truly, did you not come to my bed that night? Hold up your head and answer me. Oh! what a roseate blush covers your pretty face!' ''Well, monsieur, we all feel for you; only last night Lord Ferrars spoke so kindly of you; he thinks Madame’s avowed indifference much to be blamed, and considers you worthy of a better wife.' ''Lord Ferrars is both wise and good; in fact the very beau ideal of a true English nobleman — manly in bearing, off-hand in dealing and gentle and considerate manner. And as you, dear Frances, resemble him in many ways, be equally good and kind and let me feel once again your charming little nest. I know something already of its wondrous sweets, and I long to know more.' He fumbled at the opening of my trousers; and I loosened them for him. 'Dear girl, how soft and smooth your thighs are! Fit approach to this mossy retreat; and these soft lips, how luscious they feel!' His hand roved over all my cunt and bottom.
