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My feelings re JJ/Jeremy are probably well known, and as much as I'd like the uber-priviledged narcisstic princess get his comeuppance, cornering the runt with a "Princeton or Poverty" option seems cruel; it's as if our beloved author wanted to create maximum drama.... and / or make me (almost) feel a modicum of sympathy for the character.

Lord Byron: "Mad, bad and dangerous to know".... something that could apply to many of the characters in this story, but not, of course, to our beloved author....I presume....😘

If you want "predictable ", find another author...... 1. Simple solution re Jack is he has run off with someone else's wife 2. Mark Arbour solution? Smoke, mirrors, Serbians who are secretly based in Brooklyn, James Bond's second cousin once removed and an unexpected guest at Halloween..... and Jeremy in polyester... I'll let you pick the more likely.....

And, fellow readers, is our beloved author's signing off on Jeremy's death, dismemberment or dressing in polyester..... There is nothing more dangerous in the entire saga to be "at a good place"!

"Solid conclusion"? Wildly optimistic! Given our "crafty literary wizard's" history, I'd suggest we are more likely to be lead into a swamp with several exits half of them blind the other half guarded by alligators!

Well, knock me down with feather! The contortions of the plot against Travis just got contorterder! The mind that creates this Gordian knot, is.... different! 😘 And given that it's the same mind that has rehabilitated Jeremy 🤦‍♂️, we are in the presence of someone a few centuries ago would have met their maker by being burnt at the stake!

Desecration... as if the US doesn't have enough challenges.

Jeremy and fisting.... Yes, they both exist however (much classier than "but") neither are my favourite thing.... I did read this chapter over breakfast some 12 hours ago, but as you may imagine I prefer my porridge without the above images.... As it's now Sunday evening and I have had my second gin Martini, I feel I can comment..... Next chapter, please...😘

So while everyone is twisting their knickers over Serbian/Big plots, I am getting all misty eyed over Will and Travis on the bed (the second time, not the first, I am not just a voyeur). They do seem to be settling into a deep and mutually fulfilling relationship.... in saying this I hope I haven't given our beloved author any smart arsed ideas....

“He is from a poor Corsican family with some pretense at aristocracy, he and his wife have absolutely garish taste, and he dominates those around him by humiliating them,” Granger responded. “His military genius has lifted him above his station, his position in society, so he only fits in with his boorish generals.” No comment needed.......

A three part post gets a three part response The"mystery" story. No idea yet, but I have read a few that came no where near your standard! The freshmen being freshmen: all that talk about who was or was not banging whom when where and why.... you certainly know your freshman psyche! I have vague memories of myself at that stage, and vivid, way too vivid memories of my two sons going through it. Hopefully they will grow up....soon Travis Buck..... hmmm the inscrutable author does it again. You do like keeping your readership on tippy toes at the edge of our seat.... Many thanks...your efforts are not unappreciated.

I'd suggest that the vast majority of us would commit the scene to our memories so the fantasy could be where we fucked him. For those that did leap up in an effort to pursue him, we would fall as we forgot that whatever our teenage minds wanted, our ageing bodies couldn't keep up..... 😜👍😘

Or, to look at it another way, straight men are so shallow, vacuous, simple and Neanderthal that one woman can completely mess with them. We can but thank our lucky stars that we are gay....

Amber is the sort of woman that gives straight men a bad reputation...

It's all in the a n t i c I p a t I o n!😜

“This place is almost like a bathhouse for straight people,” Kris whispered back. awesome line! Also v true! 🤣

Between Jeremy and Marie we seem to have a master-class in duplicity and deviousness, covered by a veneer of sincerity. Mr Arbour, you certainly know how to mess with my psyche, especially when you dismember all my neatly fixed prejudices! Thanks, great read!

The last Will/Travis discussion was an interesting comment on communication while in a relationship. While I am sure most couples have secrets, having secrets about each other's needs and wants is ultimately self defeating. When this "secrets within couples" conversation occured in my own life, my partner of almost 30 years described me as "not so much an open book as an exhibitionist", so perhaps my views on privacy are not mainstream!

Mr Anderson shows promise.....😍😜🤣

As one aged ho-mo-sexual, I do have to wonder about the labels. The difference between straight and bi is one same sex activity? Two? Thirty six? Can you be "gay" if as a bloke you have slept with 3 females and 5 men? If you touch her breasts under her shirt but over her bra, but you touched his cock, not hard, under his boxers are you guys, straight, bi or confused. And please don't get me started on Pan (delightful god; I am sure he delivered best blow jobs ever!) Once I bought a Ford, yes a mistake, but somehow it hasn't labelled me. Why should our sexual activity label us. A little heavy for a Saturday evening ( in FNQ, Australia), but a bit of a hobby horse for me.... Thanks to our author for better or worse in prompting this outburst from me!

You do write sex scenes very well.... one could almost imagine you have been there, done that...once or twice!

Wonderful to have another Granger update. Interesting how the wily diplomat Davenport needed guidance from our hero around reporting of their French excursion. Perhaps our dear Grainger has learned or perhaps perfected his diplomatic skills from experience gained juggling his assignations with the Countess, the Opera singer, Calvert and his wife as well as "flings" with the Russian emperor and some French bugger I have forgotten the name of..... Graingers achievements in this field make my efforts while at College ĺook very amateur.....

Your characters are very open and curious. They are also very self aware. It is a pity the average bloke has too many hang ups to experiment like this. That they haven't labelled either what they are doing or who they are in terms of their sexuality probably helps. Interesting read. Thanks.

and so the mind turns to simpler more athletic pursuits.... I feel sure by Saturday we may just come to a happy ending...or beggining! Thanks - fun read.

If you are counting the bodies then you are not focussing on the main game!