Chapter Three-3

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“Did it not come out at the coroner’s inquest into your wife’s death that you persuade her to offer you this service?” “Persuaded is the operative word. I did nothing against her will.” “Really? She consented? With enthusiasm?” “Perhaps as one who has led a pure and blameless life you do not regard such a thing as possible. I assure you that many wives offer this to their husbands, and are glad to.” Eleanor thought for a moment. “It’s true I have no personal experience, nor expect to do so. It seems to me an indelicate and possibly harmful practice.” “Not if carried out in the right way,” said Lord Darlington. “I think I would rather not be informed of the right way, or of any way,” Eleanor said. Then she reflected that she must seem at best a prude, at worst a silly little girl who

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