The eagerly-awaited Schools Cup Final between the two establishments had been a thriller, with both teams even as the final whistle approached.

Emilee smiles back for real, holding his gaze as her hand reaches in and lifts his solid gold lighter from the pocket of his smoking jacket.But I’d prefer if you didn’t, and I’d like to make that enforceable” Natalie replied, knitting her fingers together before resting them on the table in front of her. They were discussing the possible ways for Natalie to make the next move in her and Jill’s relationship. Emilee leaves, hearing the last bit, allowing herself a wicked smoke as she draws close the doors behind her.

I have often wondered why the erstwhile figure of the governess holds such fascination in the present day. In 1975, she replaced Celia Johnson in The Dame of Sark and in 1978 (the year after her husband's death), she was acting in Most Gracious Lady, which was written for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

As Emily passed around the tray of half-full wine glasses, the ladies are discussing the royal ball being held at the baron’s castle tomorrow night. When the guy starts whacking this girl’s behind, Miss Worth thinks this is a recipe for a long happy marriage! But on any day you've had to whip Alice, you will report to me after she's in bed, and I'll do the same to you. The governess was bending over the couch, her bottom elevated, and her long skirts lifted high over her shoulders. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.

The sound of the dog’s yapping and the chiming of a grandfather clock can be heard in the distance in the pregnant pause that hangs like the miles between the two women. Sure, she sometimes found herself in dangerous situations or on the back end of a bad decision, but she always survived. He keeps ringing for Prudence and Ermintrude to come and tend to him, but the lazy wenches are helping themselves to his champagne and relaxing in the lounge.It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus.

In my own story A Cane For A governess a voyeur observes the governess receiving discipline from the master of the house.

Before she really realized what was happening, she was being pulled facedown across Wynonna’s lap on the bed. She had decided that while Cora was working all day, she’d go over to her apartment and bake a bunch of cookies and holiday goodies. He had never been able to chastise his daughter, but sisters, cousins, maids, the odd harlot and even his wife had been under his hand, although it had been a while. Hawarden’s end of the line is suddenly muffled, no doubt by the woman covering the telephone receiver’s mouth piece with her hand. The last two weeks worth of cigarettes were floating back into her consciousness, and there were more than she’d care to admit.