And yes, husband, I do like to swim, though it goes without saying that I have not swum in the presence of boys since I was quite young. If you promise to dance with me, I shall promise to swim with you — and I believe that in this bargain, neither of us shall come out the loser.
I am now thinking of you rising, nude, from the lake — the water glistening as it streams from your skin, your eyes dark, liquid fire, promising to burn me with pleasure. The whole of you, like some perfect piece of Italian sculpture. Oh, Darcy, would you take me there, by the lakeside, with all the heavens as our witness?
[Discolouration]
There, my lord, is proof of how your mere imagined presence affects me. Even now, with my courses only just passed, you fill me with such longing that I fear I cannot stand t
