Though quite certain her cheeks were red enough to warrant a call to the fire brigade, she plunged forward. “I mean, as a midwife, you must deal frequently with the intimate questions of total strangers, given how babies are made and delivered. Mrs. Bennett may be a family friend, but not all your clients are, right?”
“Correct, Daisy,” Beth said patiently. She crumbled another chunk off her cake.
“Right, then. Colin and I, we… we consummated our marriage in London before returning to the Gelroy estate, and it was nothing like I expected. My sisters always told me how vile and painful and revolting marital intimacy is, but…”
“But you didn't think so?”
Daisy shook her head. “It was… nice. Barely any discomfort, but… but there was something else. Something powerful. I had hoped to experie
