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Fri 27 Oct, 2006 06:41 am
So...here's the thing.
I'm all on my own in Court today, owing to my colleague (Celia - names have been changed to protect the innocent) being off sick.
We share a desk in the Probation room, just off the corridor from the public waiting area.
There I was at 11am this morning, looking for her paperwork regarding a certain case due up today, when I opened the (communal) drawer in the desk, and spied a paperback book called "My secret garden" by Nancy Friday.
I found the paperwork, and as Court is often boring, with lots of time spent waiting for the next case to come on, I took the book in with me to have a browse.
BLOODY HELL!!
Basically, it's a collection of various (American) women's fantasies, all subdivided into various different methods of turn on (fetish may be too strong a word) and oh my, are they explicit.
I had to stand up to present some case facts at one stage, and nearly knocked my paperwork flying!
Now...I've often seen Celia sitting there quietly, reading this book in Court.
Dilemma.....do I tell her I borrowed her book to prevent boredom, and now realise that she reads smut whilst pretending to be all official and working?
Or do I just keep quiet, and have a sly smile to myself when she next has her nose buried in the pages?
I must say, you American women are VERY inventive, by the way.
Answers please on the back of a piece of paper that is detailing your favourite fantasy, posted to Droitwich Manor, the usual address, UK.
Well, I see you are feeling better, Lord Ellpus. I loved The Secret Garden:
The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is a charming book about a girl named Mary Lennox. She is a spoiled and sickly child who lives in India. When her parents die because of a cholera epidemic, she moves to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her rich uncle in England. Things are a definite change for her. Slowly she becomes stronger and starts to take an interest in the outdoors. She meets all sorts of people like Martha, Dickon, and Colin. Martha is a maid on the grounds who has taken a fancy to Mary, and Dickon is her brother. Dickon is quite an unusual fellow. He possesses the ability to talk to animals and is able to grow anything with a little bit of soil. Colin, who you will meet later in the story, is a child who has basically given up the will to live, believing he is doomed to be a hunchback like his father. Strong-willed Mary reprimands him and takes matters into her own hands. Mary has all kinds of adventures with strange sounds at night, funny accents, and a locked garden. The Secret Garden is a wonderful book about friendship, determination, and perseverence.
UhOh! That's not the one you meant, is it?
The thing literally screams smut.
No, Letty. At first glance, I honestly thought it was a gardening book, which made me looka bit closer.
Celia is a keen gardener, and we often chat about growing various plants, re-arranging borders etc., so when I saw the title, it was natural for me to think "gardening".
However, when I picked it up and had a quick look inside......well.
Celia is a great laugh, but quite prim and proper. To lok at her you would think she's a Librarian. I should have guessed what was simmering underneath, as she once told me she went to Loretto College, a Catholic school for girls. Say no more.....
Of course, I won't embarrass the lady, and have put the book back in the correct position in the drawer. She obviously didn't know she'd be off sick today, and as she is invarioubly here before me, it would have been moved from the drawer before I arrived.
Still, it makes me smile that all the times I thought she was busy studying (she's going for a major qualification in counselling), she was most probably brushing up on bondage techniques!
MARVELLOUS!
MY Secret Garden, Gus. Do keep up, old boy.
I used to love reading that book-- strictly for educational purposes, mind you-- until I realized that none of my female acquaintances were ever likely to admit having any of those fantasies.
That's when I decided I needed to meet a whole new class of friends.
We all have our little secret fantasies...
That was the first porn book I read.
No wonder I am gay
Did you manage to finish the book before putting it back, LE?
I've read halfway through, G...I'm now thinking I might be Bi....
JPB wrote:Did you manage to finish the book before putting it back, LE?
No, as it's hard to read quickly when the page is shaking.
I made a note of the ISBN though, and will be contacting Amazon shortly.
Were any of the pages stuck together?
Or will they be when she gets the book back?
No Gus, but there may be some wrinkling of the paper, due to my drool.
You have a beautiful wife, Lord. Why do you need such a book?
Replaced by a book. Poor woman.
It may help to load the cannon, Gus.
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