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Having complete mastery and total power is so erotic..... 😉

Why on earth would you kill someone when it's within your power to make him suffer .... for eternity?😉😜😇

Re JJ "I think someone killed him and put a clone in to replace him.” 1. I neither confirm nor deny 2. I have an alibi. On another note; my Australian half apologises sincerely for our heros running into then PM Howard. I am grateful his truly appalling wife wasn't there.

Perhaps this statement was just a little hasty.... 2 years 2 months later and perhaps Calvert ( or me) has matured.....😳

Bliss in all its forms! Sexual, familial, domestic and whatever the descriptor for the feeling of being on your own quarterdeck saling well, in great company. Very satisfactory. Almost enough to distract from the cunning plan to rehabilitate JJ in the Other Place. Almost..... I think we need to send you on more cruises Mr Arbour.....😍😉 Many thanks.

Ah! Mr Arbour.... so transparent! The (attempted) rehabilitation of JJ complete with Aussie distraction! JJ now has the smallest amount of self knowledge AND if I was being generous I could call a tiny spot of empathy and we are all expected to fall in love with this transformed empress of drama? Not so fast! JJ still has a lot of atoning to do and it's going to take more that Kris' ample endowment to keep JJ face down and playing nicey nicey. Tossing in Thorpedo and Hackett ( I always preferred Hackett; more sane and straight-my then standard for potential b/fs) was perfect cherry (so to speak) to distract us from mulling over the JJ con job you are trying to pull over our eyes. Not all of us will take the bait of fantasising over what a pair of size 17s may mean. Good one Mr Arbour!

Not a sentence I had ever conceived of.....

It makes my heart positively leap for joy when a comment makes me realise that there is niaevité still in this cold hard world. 💕😇

JJ, JJ, oh! JJ, just when there's a glimmer.... "thinking that her opinion mattered, then remembered she was the maid" 《Sigh》 Finishing up with the thought of Steph about to cope with the clusterfuck that was the Athens Olympics did bring a smile to my face! Awesome writing!

"JJ's damacene conversion"; keep this up and I'll need to withdraw the contract I have out on him. That said, changing his spots following a successful party and better than average fuck suggests that the pond has not got any deeper, just some of the scum removed.....

Oh! Ye of little imagination, and even less understanding of the mind of JJ's creator, Mr Arbour. If JJ is to die you can guarantee it will be in a far more spectacular way than a commonplace bus, or stereotypical shark. There will be DRAMA!

This chapter is seriously two sided. By the end of August 6, I my dislike of every aspect of JJ's narcissism, his treatment of staff, his vanity, his mental chaos was getting to the point where I'd never be able to look in a mirror again. Then August 7. The transformative effect of a couple of blowjobs and another's riches to rags story. JJ takes shallow to whole new levels. But at least now I am able to dislike him without seeing myself. Thank you Mr Arbour.

Having both your monarch and your lover on your command could rank as a Royal Navy first for our intrepid hero. If I Endymion was fast before, I suspect she is about to get faster, morally if not physically...

Ever heard the phrase "damning with faint praise"? 🤣

JJ is one of your characters, Mr Arbour, where the more he is revealed the more truly unlikeable he becomes. Even when he is nice he is just another level of awful. I sincerely hope you give him some bedtime skills so, should he lose the money, he has hope as a skilful hooker. Tho' a "narcissist hooker", if not a contradiction, would certainly be aiming for a very select clientele!

What perfect timing; a new Grainger chapter and my husband arrives with my Saturday 5pm martini! I could be no closer to heaven! Thank you Mr Arbour. Incorporating (favourite author) Jane Austen's youngest brother is a great twist and much appreciated. Great also to see Genarro again along with young Travers and Kingsdale. I fear duty with the King will necessitate much horizontal refreshment, but he does seem to have the crew to supply said refreshment.... interesting times ahead! Many thanks!

Rarely do I read writings good, so affecting that I want to slap a character within a paragraph. But in this chapter, Mr Arbour has done it; overcome decades of pacifism and stirred me into wanting to seriously bring someone back to reality with a bang. I sincerely hope JJ is going to run head first into a real world. I'll be there with bandages and sympathy....but I'll be smiling inside! Thank you, great read.

Interesting and I'd suggest unusually honest discussion between two men of their age on relationship/monogamy/other partners. A discussion that many should have but I feel few do. Like most things in this world I am sure its sets us all up for some very lascivious drama! Thanks, looking forward to the "freshman" world. Nb I disagree with a Thorpe hook-up. At the time he was in a hell of a mess; a hook up with an Arbour-character, any Arbour character, would not have helped his mental state! Great read. Thanks.

True, just hoping it's after Jutland or perhaps the Falklands? 🤩😍👍

I think your vague hint that George could die is tantamount to treason!

Bloody marvellous! So good to have George back between the sheets...so to speak! Interesting that the first two encounters are with StVincent and his wife, with Calvert in his fantasies. Looks to be another great episode in our heroes life! Thanks. Your talent is much appreciated!

And while I hate to sound ungrateful for the above welcome news, any thoughts on our beloved aristocrat George and his Regency escapades?🤩😍😳

You don't do straightforward characters do you? 😜 Unprotected sex without consent is a pretty major issue, so I can understand the reaction. Interesting to hear the justification...if he's allowed to give it! Thanks

His ex sister in laws comment at the funeral is really appalling. 30 plus years ago a similar comment was made to me re my two sons. I simply replied to the woman concerned asking how often her husband interfered with his daughters?

The bureaucracy of dying,..... Surprised that funeral costs don't come from rhe estate. That would be standard here in Autralia. Also here a power of attorney is useless after the person has died. The will listing him as executor and death cert is what he'd need for the bank. I am not sure for all our ingenuity we have managed to make this transfer simple in any country!