Chapter Eleven
After stumbling upstairs with tears in her eyes, Emma washed herself thoroughly using cold water that was left over in the ewer then sat down on her bed, regretting it as her sore buttocks met the hard mattress. She rolled over on her front and buried her head in the pillow while she tried to make sense of what had happened to her over the past few days. Her head was spinning with the memories and images and she found herself shivering as she remembered the shaming things she had been forced to do. Then honesty sprang to the fore and she found herself blushing violently as she remembered the delight and pleasure that she had obtained from the new experiences that she had had. It was difficult to believe that only a few days previously she had been so innocent and reserved and she let a small smile of satisfaction crease her soft lips as she thought about how she had developed. Although a tiny part of her was frightened by what had happened, Emma knew that she wanted to carry on and experience even more as the humiliation and shame brought out some deep rooted need in her soul. Soon the whirling thoughts clouded into darkness and, exhausted by all her hard work and the sexual demands made on her, she drifted off to sleep, softly snoring into the pillow as the afternoon passed by.
It was the gentle pitter patter of rain on the window that woke her several hours later and Emma catapulted herself off the bed and scurried off to see if her mistress needed her, heart thumping in her chest at the thought of neglecting her duties. Fortunately Amanda was still out riding though and so Emma busied herself in her mistress' room tidying it up so that it would be spotless on her return. She was just in time for Amanda returned about ten minutes later and Emma had to unbutton her riding habit and slip it off before she helped the girl wash, sponging her down carefully to remove the perspiration caused by her ride. Amanda jumped a little as Emma pressed the flannel against her buttocks and the servant looked at the bruised flesh and shivered as she remembered the four different implements being used on it. Emma castigated herself for being such a cry baby over receiving a mere two strokes from the cane as she felt the raised weals under her fingers.
"I think you will have to rub some ointment on those before dinner," remarked Amanda coolly. "My father told me when I met him in the hall that my fiancΓ© will be visiting soon and I would not like him to see me marked thus."
"But surely he will not be seeing your bottom, miss?" queried Emma incredulously.
Amanda bestowed a scathing smile on her servant and whispered, "Not only will he be seeing it but he will be having it, girl. Part of our betrothal ceremony. He still won't be allowed to take my maidenhead until we are married but I must show him that I will be a suitable and well trained bride for him. That reminds me...training. Have you talked to John yet and arranged an assignation?"
"No, Miss Amanda," responded Emma querulously, a little fearful of her mistress' reaction at her negligence.
"Then, while I lie down before dinner, you will go and find him and do so. If you do not then I will punish you most severely, girl!"
Emma finished washing her mistress, hung the riding habit up and then excused herself as she went to look for the footman. After wandering through the myriad corridors of the mansion, she eventually tracked him down by asking Hannah.
"He'll be in the butler's pantry polishing the silver probably, Emma," her fellow maid answered with a wink. Emma thanked her and then reflected on how little she had seen of the girl and her fellow maid, Amelia as she walked slowly towards the pantry. She had wanted to ask them about all sorts of things but there never seemed to be any time as the maids were always rushing around. At night they just fell into their beds and slept like the dead until it was time to rise at first light. Deciding that she must find the time to ask the other two how long they had been in service and when they were going to return to their real lives, Emma pushed open the pantry door and found John hard at work.
Sidling around the table, Emma allowed her arm to brush against him and he jumped slightly, having been completely immersed in his task of polishing the fish knives.
"Steady on, girl," he muttered as he juggled with a knife. "I don't want to drop it and have to polish it all over again."
"Sorry, John," Emma whispered as she sat down on a stool by his side.
"So what are you doing here? Come to give me a hand?" he inquired roughly and she blushed, wondering how she could get him to agree to meet her in the old nursery later on. Feeling daring, Emma thought about his last statement and she stretched out her hand and rested it on his muscled thigh, feeling the flesh flex through his dark trousers.
"This sort of hand, John?"
"Careful, girl, or you will get us both into trouble," he responded, brown eyes flickering to the door and then back as he felt her slim fingers crawl further up his leg. Emma stroked across his fly and felt the prominent bulge beneath and she blushed as she remembered the size of his cock and how it had felt in her tight little anus. Not that he knew that it had been her, she reminded herself as she stroked him again, eliciting a slight groan from his lips.
"What about later on then? I am free from nine tonight," whispered Emma directly into his ear as she continued stroking his burgeoning erection.
"Okay but where? We could go to the stables," he suggested.
"The nursery, John. I have the key and as it is tucked well away in the east wing then it should be nice and quiet!"
"Right then. At nine o'clock," groaned the footman as she squeezed his cock through his trousers before taking her hand away. With a wink and a saucy wiggle of her bottom, Emma left and she giggled at his longing expression as she went back to report to her mistress on the successful outcome of her task.
At nine on the dot, Emma was waiting nervously outside the nursery room door which she had already unlocked with the key given to her by Amanda. The long corridor was dark and she kept on glancing down it, hoping that John would appear while odd little creaks and groans in the timbered floors made her jump. Suddenly she heard a footstep and with relief she saw John's tall figure emerge out of the gloom and stride purposefully towards her. She moved away from the door a little, hinting at her eagerness to meet him and then she found herself swept up in his powerful arms and kissed passionately before he set her back down on her feet again.
"Wait until we are inside," she squeaked, feeling her cheeks glow in the dark with embarrassment then she turned the handle and they entered into the darkness.
"Good job I bought a candle," whispered John and he unearthed the stub and then set the wick alight with his tinderbox before setting it carefully on the mantelpiece. The flickering flame lit only a small portion of the room but Emma could see discarded toys cluttering the floor and she wondered if Amanda had played with any of them when she was younger. Somehow she did not seem the type to play with dolls and Emma could only imagine her tormenting them like she did her servant. Suppressing a wry smile at the thought, she turned her attention back to John and found him regarding her avidly, brown eyes drinking in her slim form. Excited by the look in his eyes, she moved closer and clasped him to her then raised herself up on tiptoes to kiss him, enjoying the firmness of his lips on her soft ones while his hands cupped her buttocks and squeezed them through her skirt.