Victorian erotica has always appealed to me, a world far removed. Communication then (letters, writing and reading) seemed primitive, old-fashioned, with clothing, cultural attitudes, morals all somehow ancient. Yet the personalities were familiar, three-dimensional, and in this case, even family related.
I was sitting in an aged winged chair in the study of my uncle's manor house in East Anglia. His great, great-grandfather was the Earl of Norwich. I had been given permission to go through the Earl's papers, neglected perhaps for good reason: the good Earl had a bit of a reputation, not one for which the family took any pride. I won't name him but consulting the DNB won't provide a difficult challenge for identification.
I was sifting through dusty letters on falling-apart paper, trying to decipher crabbed handwriting, when I came upon his diary, kept from 1887-1892. The following, quite remarkable, entry appears to be during a continental tour. The text is unaltered, spelling and wording as is. Readers may enjoy this frisky look into the past.
14 July, Paris
I had gotten a room from a baudy house on Rue d' R-- for the whole night, and had had a lovely fuck with madame's best, Lisette. She was a sweet, fair-skinned girl of perhaps twenty-five, and I was pleased with her strong, full-lipped cunt which had gripped me with abandon.
I had ordered brandy, whilst I enjoyed seeing her charms on display as she sat in her chair, that full thatch of dark cunt-hair, slender limbs and dark nipples.
'Ah', she pointed to the next room, and indicated the sound of inhabitants, the reason I had paid the madame extra, asking for a 'room with a view'. I was told that if you stood on a chair and pushed aside the wallpaper behind the dresser, it was possible to see through a peep-hole in the wall into the next room.
Instructed wordlessly by Lisette I got into position, pulling the wallpaper aside and craning my neck.
The view was cramped but clear. A couple had entered the room and were making their preparations. He was a large-boned man of perhaps thirty, she a bit younger. I held my breath whilst he removed clothing, his cock already quite stiff. They embraced and he hurriedly removed her dress.
She was lovely, with large, full breasts, and he placed his face in their valley to smell and wallow in their softness. With evident haste, he placed her on the bed and inspected her quim.