Chapter Ten
An unusually pleasant dinner party took place some days later with Rupert acting as a gracious host for a wealthy Marquis. There were several other of Rupert’s friends attending, four couples—an oddity for a man who seemed to prefer men to women in social situations. Rupert would rather have his women naked and at his feet, where he had absolute control of them. Those women disinclined to his peculiar desires, women with aggressive controlling spirits that could not be conquered annoyed him, even made him nervous, although no one would know that. He put up with two such females on this occasion, since they were married to male friends he specifically wanted at the party.
The most unusual guests at this gathering were his wife and his mother-in-law. Although there had been fe
