by Sputnik57
I look forward to reading more about this fascinating lady and her household. Thank you -- 5 *s.
I like the gradual buildup. You've set the scene very well indeed. I appreciate the details of the period- architecture, clothing, the social caste. Nicely done. I think I'd enjoy being under the hand of this Mistress.
Thorough research and imagination makes this story a gem. Waiting to read more about marcia and her sub.
It's like the reader is experiencing the act of love making with the male tradesman. I love it. It's so sexual it almost takes my breath away.
Just so you know: in the first paragraph you say "in the 1880's... for womankind the world was much as before", but that isn't the case. It would be reasonable to say so of the 1850s, but a tipping point occurred shortly afterward. Girls (albeit only the children of the well-off) became educated as a matter of routine, which was a sharp contrast to earlier in the century. As is well known to students of British politics, the leadership of the British Conservative Party was rapidly converted to support of female suffrage around this time, as were the rank-and-file of the British Liberal Party.