' You, sir, come with me. We need to have a talk.'
Joshua hung his head and followed Bridget to the study like a naughty child, where she turned and faced him her her arms folded across her bosom and a stern look on her face, a raised questioning eyebrow.
'Now, just how long has this affair been going on? Oh, don't try to get out of it. You just as much admitted it in front of her husband. And Dougan...'
Joshua saw a twinkle in her eye and knew that his darling Bridget was toying with him,
"'Twasn't me that started it, 'twas Carrie, you saw how she threw herself at me to thank me for her wrapper, I wouldn't,,,, I couldn't. 'Sides Dougan is bigger than me."
Bridget shook her finger at him in mock anger as she backed him into a corner,
'Now, you listen to me, and you listen good. Don't you ever do that again, do you understand? I am your one and only mistress, have you got that clear? And I don't share!'
"But Bridget dear how could you think such a thing of me when the only lewd thoughts I have are all of you?"
He gathered her in his arms laughing and began to lift the back of her dress in order that he might get a better grip on her bare backside. He would have gone further but Bridget stopped him, the first time ever and spoke seriously to him.
'Beside, with this business with Isaac, something like that might not be the best thing to joke about. I heard that they are digging out at his house today. I worry about what they will find and I worry that some poor lost souls still lie out there, lost without a proper grave.""
"You are right of course my dear, there is no telling how many are out there."
Something was troubling her and he guessed what it was but waited for her speak first.
'"Dear, They need to be buried in holy ground. What happened to them was not their fault. Can we have created on the grounds a sanctified cemetery for those poor unfortunate ones? They deserve it.'
"So it's that that bothers you, well it is all in hand, I have twelve lusty men working on another project for me, when they have finished I am sure they will be pleased to stay on and do some more digging, You can go and see your priest tomorrow and inform him of our plans and ask him to make arrangements for the cemetery to be blessed."
He gently kissed Bridget's forehead.
At that very moment Dougan thundered on the door,
"Master Joshua Sir, a message from Mr. Clothwood,
they've found another one."
Joshua and Bridget looked at each other in consternation and a tear trickled down Bridget's cheek.
Joshua hung his head and followed Bridget to the study like a naughty child, where she turned and faced him her her arms folded across her bosom and a stern look on her face, a raised questioning eyebrow.
'Now, just how long has this affair been going on? Oh, don't try to get out of it. You just as much admitted it in front of her husband. And Dougan...'
Joshua saw a twinkle in her eye and knew that his darling Bridget was toying with him,
"'Twasn't me that started it, 'twas Carrie, you saw how she threw herself at me to thank me for her wrapper, I wouldn't,,,, I couldn't. 'Sides Dougan is bigger than me."
Bridget shook her finger at him in mock anger as she backed him into a corner,
'Now, you listen to me, and you listen good. Don't you ever do that again, do you understand? I am your one and only mistress, have you got that clear? And I don't share!'
"But Bridget dear how could you think such a thing of me when the only lewd thoughts I have are all of you?"
He gathered her in his arms laughing and began to lift the back of her dress in order that he might get a better grip on her bare backside. He would have gone further but Bridget stopped him, the first time ever and spoke seriously to him.
'Beside, with this business with Isaac, something like that might not be the best thing to joke about. I heard that they are digging out at his house today. I worry about what they will find and I worry that some poor lost souls still lie out there, lost without a proper grave.""
"You are right of course my dear, there is no telling how many are out there."
Something was troubling her and he guessed what it was but waited for her speak first.
'"Dear, They need to be buried in holy ground. What happened to them was not their fault. Can we have created on the grounds a sanctified cemetery for those poor unfortunate ones? They deserve it.'
"So it's that that bothers you, well it is all in hand, I have twelve lusty men working on another project for me, when they have finished I am sure they will be pleased to stay on and do some more digging, You can go and see your priest tomorrow and inform him of our plans and ask him to make arrangements for the cemetery to be blessed."
He gently kissed Bridget's forehead.
At that very moment Dougan thundered on the door,
"Master Joshua Sir, a message from Mr. Clothwood,
they've found another one."
Joshua and Bridget looked at each other in consternation and a tear trickled down Bridget's cheek.