Enric

ch4: the portion of tops in population appears to be low. I actually think it's realism.

ch 13: may be or may be not. indispensable, really ? however, obviously Shafte is not nor will be a threat to his relationship with Travers. Because, George is a natural-born bottom Shafte cannot replace Travers.... because George needs to get f**ked, and I think that's indispensable.

huh. frightening situation, that.

well, I think you had already lots earlier shown your mettle and fuse; and this comment appears to continue that.

so, for all we know, he as well may have spelled his first name as 'Napoleone' yet at the time of Toulon? Right? In my opinion, *consistency* speaks for the rendition 'Napoleone Buonaparte' - at the time of Toulon....

I think this was not what I asked. Have you ascertained *when* he had 'changed the spelling' of his first name, which at birth was Napoleone ?

do you mean that this link you gave, something of internet pages named 'europeanhistory', actually would be a reliable source about name consistencies in the Italian language ?? I fail to see any italian-language authority in that mishmash. Its author(s) do not strike as Italians, nor knowledgeable about Italian names. Even French renditions appear to be something they are blissfully ignorant about: there is not the -

ch12: I thought Nappy's name variants, *consistently*, were: in Italian: Napoleone Buonaparte in French: Napol

ch2: weellll...... they are definitely elderly... Retired couple, having grandkids around them, and going to cruise in Caribbean or whatever.

and speaking about bottoms, the famous Mr Shafte really appears as an enthusiastic bottom. His *name* clearly was an intentional thing ..... Mr Needy-to-Get-Shafted

ch11: well.... there's something hanging. like was promised as snerk

cognitive dissonance is, of course, not eliminated from that. there might be a dose of unrealistic self-flattering in those answers how about interpreting these results as follows: the 57% who recognized themselves to be primarily bottoms, are genuine bottoms and honest about it. of the 43% who claim to be 'primarily' tops, a small portion actually would be primarily tops, and a bigger share are so-called versatiles - however reporting themselves as 'mainly top' mostly because they have topped under some circumstances during the past two years at least once, and being top is regarded more manly. Of course, their main usage might well be bottoming.

I love all these bottoms by the way, any survey based on the simple answer of the sample persons, will have the biasing effects of cognitive dissonance. For example, if something is perceived as shameful, or less valued...., the number of that answer will be smaller than the reality. Reversely, if something is perceived as more appreciated, the number of that answer will be higher than the reality. A way to improve the reliability of a survey would be to make in-depth interviews, with objective criteria and unambiguous terms, seeking interviewee information about -for example- his dreams, desires, habits, feelings....

well, it has been my experience that a vast majority of gays want to bottom

ch10: uh huh. gang rapes are in dreams of only some, not all. still, I cannot deduce whether the boy however were gay. Why do I have a feeling that Devlin is going to be bottomized ?

If Max (and his darn father) are direct, legitimately male-line descendants of George, they are in any case in remainder to become Peers of the United Kingdom, and moreover there's a high genealogical likelihood that sooner or later, they will actually inherit a peerage. Namely, it's generally a tough business to maintain a male line from 1700s to about 2000. Usually, only rare branches of a family are lucky enough in that. The odds for such inheritance will double, if George himself happens to receive a peerage (such as, baron of Brentwood) in his old age as reward for his exploits in the service of the crown

does this mean that Caroline possibly got pregnant by a totally other man? poor Georgie, suspicion of a cuckoo placed in his nest...

would there be any suspicion about the biological paternity of the forthcoming kid ? I was a bit disappointed in Caroline's reputation.... something George was not fully apprised earlier, I gather. Their first heterosex took place in what it was, May or June ? and pregnancy is heard of in the end of august - having taken place some week or more to become known as far as in Naples. Okay, three months is a time when a pregnancy is getting to show a bit.... (and women occasionally are not yet aware of their own pregnancy yet sometime in the second month.) The kid just might be sired by George. But, if not, then it's very obvious that Caroline actually would not have been a virgin there in the Carlton House scene [oh, if she were not, then exclamation: what duplicity, what an actress].... Because, it's so unlikely that she had been porked by someone else during their engagement period, a time when she would have been watched by her parents and presumably George would have kept some company to her and additionally, they appear to have liked each other and presumably had a good enough time without outside diversions. Btw, in those days, to many aristocratic women, a marriage was pretty much a full permission to have lovers, whichever men took their fancy. Because, the virginity was no longer at risk, and it was often thought that no one will be the wiser... In those days, there weren't genetic tests to determine paternity. But, some things can be deduced from the outlook of the kid (bone structure, shape of skull, some other features), when the kid grows up. All that said, it's possible that George just is glad to have a kid, not bothering to harbor any suspicions of the paternity.

everyone wants to staft Jamey Robey, so nasty. My view is that the story ends up setting Georgie as the future earl; whereby his two bros need to die off. Let's start from Freddie.

ch8: Blackwell.... is that name somehow familiar ?

I would have thought that to be impossible. Intriguing. Granger appears a bit promiscuous, perhaps. But I find it quite nice that he (seemingly) has some love for each of his guys.

ch 7: cutesy cutesy. George found his boyfriend's former - if that was true or his 'rival' And we see clearly that our George is a bottom

ch6: wohoo. soon a skipper, right