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My dears, if you are not following the exquisitely writ diary of the incomparable Madame C- on Dreamwidth, you are missing out.

the_comfortable_courtesan began as a series of drabbles by oursin for Three Weeks for Dreamwidth 2015, and those of us who were captivated by her - exploits is too crude a word - expertly managed intrigues* were ecstatic when her narrator decided to continue to share her story, which began thus:

I shall not say how, and why, at the age of 15 I became the mistress of the Earl of Craven, because I never had the kind of opportunities that Harriet Wilson wasted. However, at the age of 27 I fell in with a wealthy Northern ironmaster, whose generosity and sound financial advice have ensured me a comfortable old age without the need for blackmail, indeed with the ability to support a number of charitable enterprises for the benefit of some less fortunate sisters in the trade. This narrative sets out to encourage a rational and prudent approach to the profession of harlotry and to dispel the notion that a 'fallen woman' is bound to die in the gutter, penniless and diseased, before her 30th year.

* including the aversion of the terrible pitfall that might have resulted from an "epistolary mathematickal flirtation" by one of her friends.

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A day at the pool

The weather's been lovely in Norfolk and that means the pool had been awakened for our week's holiday at the bloke's parents' place.


The bloke dives in.

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