'Frances warmly commended this notion, and we arranged a little plot together for the accomplishment of our design.
'But monsieur was not by any means so simple as we thought; he had not only been carrying on with Juanita on the sly, but had, by an extraordinary device of his own, discovered the true sex of Frances, with a view to making her subservient to his desires.'
Here, Frances interrupted, by saying — 'Oh, my lord, don't tell that, for it was a dirty trick.'
'It was indeed as you say, a dirty trick, but at the same time so ingeniously carried out, that I am sure the account of it will please and gratify our kind friends here.
'But to make the matter more intelligible, I will first relate the commencement of his intrigue with Juanita, as she afterward described it to Frances.
'The morning after Frances had so kindly consoled monsieur in the absence of his wife, he closely questioned Juanita as to the event of the previous night, and said to her, "I have always admired your candour and truthfulness, Juanita, and I have ever found you kind and obliging — tell y truly, was it you who came to my bed last night and made up so delightfully for Madame’s desertion and neglect?" '"No indeed, monsieur, I never left my room, until, as you know, madame herself came to my door." '"Well then, some good angel must have paid me a visit, for you two were the only women in the house last night; and certainly a lovely being in female form came and took pity on my loneliness, when madame had gone off gallivanting by herself. You know how she treats me, and I am sure you often pity me; I see it in your eyes even now, Juanita." Here the old fellow took her in his arms and began to kiss her.
'"Oh, fie! Monsieur! How can you make so free with a servant. There now, you have had enough; let me go; don't keep pushing your knee between mine! I cannot suffer you to raise my dress — Oh! monsieur.
Take you hand away — how you rummage me! Why don't you choose a young lady from one of your classes? She would suit you better than I." '"No, sweet Juanita, no one could suit me better than yourself. You are as nicely made here as the finest lady in the land. How uncommonly ripe and plump your cunt is. You must have had some experience in fucking — let me have a peep."
'"Oh, no; not now, at least; mistress might come in, and she would kill me if she caught me with you.'
'"No danger of that; she has gone out shopping, and the hall door is closed. Monsieur Gipton, is out too, so we have the house all to ourselves. Come into my room — sit down here on the couch; you are very pretty, Juanita, and as good as you are pretty; now put your hand inside my trousers and take out my old fellow; he is not so far gone as your mistress makes out there, you have stiffened him up already, dear girl — how nicely you frig! Slip your tongue into my mouth while your soft fingers are playing with my prick. Oh! Oh!! now stop — we must not let it come yet; lean back, and let me cock up your bottom with this pillow, what a lot of hair you have, Juanita! And the lips of your cunt are grand: so soft! So juicy and so warm! Just what a cunt ought to be!
May I fuck you!" '"Oh, yes, fuck away — get all the pleasure you can — your prick is not bad; it is indeed a shame for the mistress to treat you as she does. I am glad my cunt pleases you — yes, I like that — now, fuck me faster — fuck me harder drive up your prick as far as you can — fuck — oh! it's coming!
There — there. Now are you content? Kiss me." 'You are a darling girl, Juanita, and have given me great satisfaction.
Take this little present as an earnest of future favours, and always regard me as a sure an trustworthy friend; and now that I have taken you into my confidence, I want to talk with you about another matter.
Tell me truly what you think of young Gipton. He is much with you — do you like him? And has he ever attempted to make free with you?" '"I do like him, but he has made no advances of that kind to me; what do you think of him yourself?" '"I do like him too, but there is something about him which puzzles me beyond measure. I have a curious feeling whenever I go near him, as if I would like to throw my arms round him and hug him to my breast."
'Juanita laughed until the tears ran down her cheeks.
'"What are you laughing at, dear?" '"The notion of your hugging in your arms a young man like Monsieur Gipton!" '"Well, I can't account for it myself; but, I am persuaded there is some mystery connected with him which I will not rest until I find out, and I think from the twinkle in your eye you know more about him than you are willing to confess. However, I shall soon ascertain one point at least — which will help me, I think toward a satisfactory solution." 'Some days after, monsieur came to her with a broad grin on his face saying, "The mystery is solved, Juanita, I have discovered his secret. He is a girl — as indeed I have suspected for some time, and you, you rogue, knew it too." '"You don't say, monsieur! How did you find it out?" '"Come with me and I will show you." 'He brought her to a room at the rear of the house, which he called his laboratory and in which was a variety of chemical and scientific apparatus. For monsieur was a much esteemed science lecturer. Off this room was a small privy adjoining the one for general house use.
They were both what are called earth closets, and were supplied with fresh earth every day by the gardener; the open space under the seats was roomy and fully lighted by a large aperture behind.
'Monsieur first brought Juanita to the house closet, and having marked with chalk a cross on the underside of the cover, he closed it down; then he too her to his own, and directed her to look through a tube placed slanting in the seat. To her surprise, she got a clear view of the cross marked on the underside of the cover of the other closet.
'Monsieur smiled, and said, "Now, Juanita, if that were a bottom, don't you think we could easily tell whether it had a prick or a cunt?" '"I suppose so," she answered.
'"well, this morning, I watched Monsieur Gipton going to the closet and soon had the satisfaction of seeing a beautiful girl's bottom performing in the usual way; and I saw yours too, my pretty Juanita, and I can tell you, it made my old prick stand again. Come my pet, stoop over and let me fuck you en levrette." 'Then, after pawing over and moulding her posteriors, and nibbling at her cunt, he plunged in his prick; and as he worked it to and fro, loud grunts and snorts proclaimed the intensity of his enjoyment.
When she stood up and had shaken down her dress, as a hen shakes her feathers after passing from under the cock, he kissed her, and said,
"Sweet Juanita, you more than make up for Madame’s coldness and neglect; may I test your kindness a little further — will you help me gain Frances? And then, we shall have fine times, all three together." 'She said her influence was small, but she would willingly do all she could.'
Part of Lord Ferrars' narrative not being quite clear to me, I interrupted him by saying, 'But my lord, you have not told us by what means monsieur obtained the interesting view of Frances's pretty bottom.'
'True; the fact is, monsieur brought scientific knowledge into operation.
He fixed two mirrors, which he was in the habit of using at his lectures, on the opposite side walls under the seats. There was only the one open space extending under the two closets, and by placing the mirrors at the necessary angles the reflection of whatever was on the seat was thrown up from one to the other; and by using on his side a slanting tube through a perforated cover, the secret was not revealed to any person looking down through the other opening. So, monsieur was able to enjoy at his leisure the interesting, and in some cases, most exciting view of the varied bottoms of the young ladies who attended his classes. And although, in the first instance, he devised this arrangement for the special purpose of unravelling the mystery concerning Frances, yet finding it work so admirably, he maintained it in good order, to his continuing gratification; and while on the subject, I may as well confess that the very last treat I had before leaving Genoa (by which time, monsieur and I had become close friends) was the passing of an hour in that curious place of observation. It was while monsieur was holding one of his largest classes, and as soon as he had placed me in position, he allowed them, as he said, to stand at ease, in other words, to ease themselves if they liked. So as we anticipated, they at once went off in parties of two or three to the privy. I should mention that I was able to hear as well as see all that passed, for monsieur had arranged an acoustic appliance, by which he could hear even a whisper, while he watched their bottoms at the same time.