The intrigues and infidelities of Jack Maynard - part 2
The CBB -> St Hild's Sitting Room

#1:  Author: Catherine_BLocation: Oxford, UK PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 3:45 pm


*confused*

How else could you read it, Frances? Is my mind so fixed in the gutter that I can't imagine an innocent interpretation? Laughing

 


#2:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 6:50 pm


“Not seen you around here much lately, Dr Maynard.” It was a week after Jo’s return and Jack was already looking for somebody to fill the gaps between the times when Anna and he could be together. He looked up at the comment and saw a vision in a nurse’s uniform standing with Matron. “This is Nurse Bartlett, she’s recently joined us here and I wondered if you would have time to explain your TB treatment theories to her.”

Jack nodded. “Of course, Matron.” he answered. “Pleasure to meet you Nurse Bartlett.” He offered her his hand and she shook it as Matron left the room.

“Oh, no, the pleasure’s all mine.” she replied, but she was wrong – they shared it.



Nurse Bartlett was eager to learn Jack’s theories, but seemed to need a lot of repetition and Christmas had come and gone before they were all explained to her. He was disappointed when she suddenly disappeared and casually asked Matron where she’d got to.

“We had to ask her to leave. She was sloppy in her dress and there were even rumours that she was misbehaving with one of the doctors.” Matron looked at Jack without a trace of suspicion. “We decided it was better to ask her to go than to sack her, she’s got another job already, at the hospital in Bristol and hopefully she’ll have learned her lesson and will be more circumspect.”

“She was a keen learner,” Jack said, “It’s a shame she’s gone, I was enjoying having somebody to teach.”

“Well, I’m sure some of the other nurses would like to know more. I can send some of them to you if you have the time and would like to teach some of the others.”

“That sounds an excellent idea,” Jack replied. “Thank you Matron.”



A series of nurses came to Jack for one-to-one tuition over the next few weeks, some he instructed just once, others required more teaching. One nurse in her 50s did actually learn all about TB treatment. Unfortunately two of the nurses started to quarrel, because one of them was having more lessons than the other, and Jack, once he had pacified them both to their satisfaction, decided it would be prudent to curtail his classes for a while and turn his attentions elsewhere. Before long, Myfanwy Griffiths’ waistline started to increase again.


When one of the Chalet School pupils returned after a half-term visit home and spread mumps throughout the school, Jack was called in to examine the patients. None of them were seriously ill, but as Miss Annersley’s request he also saw any of the girls who were feeling at all under the weather to check if they were sickening for it. Along with the list of girls names were some mistresses, he diagnosed Pam Slater as coming down with mumps, gave instructions for her treatment, then went to the next name on his list.


“What are your symptoms,” he asked, as he sat on the edge of the bed.

“I’m feeling light-headed and rather breathless” answered Gillian Linton, sitting up and twirling one of her dark curls around her finger.

“and when did this come on?”

“Just now, when you walked into the room.” Her eyelashes fluttered, “Is there anything you can do to make me feel better?”

“I should think there might be something. How about you like down flat, like this?” He pulled back the sheets to help her.

“Do you feel any better now?” asked Jack after he had given her a thorough going over.

“Much better,” sighed Gillian contentedly, “but I think you’d better check on me again tomorrow, just in case.”

Jack thought that would be an excellent idea.

 


#3:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:12 pm


I really did expect Hilda that time Embarassed
Love all the mini Jacks running round Very Happy

 


#4:  Author: CazxLocation: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:17 pm


Jack and Gill! Very Happy

 


#5:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:31 pm


Gillian Linton!!!! Shocked

And I though Joyce was supposed to be the naughty one! Laughing Laughing Laughing

Thank you Anon! Wink

 


#6:  Author: KatLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:32 pm


Laughing ROFL

Thank you A'bunny!!

 


#7:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 10:09 pm


Oh! Annonybunny!!!!
WHAT are you doing to me???

*giggles helplessly*

 


#8:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 10:59 pm


Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

Gillian Linton?????

 


#9:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 11:27 pm


Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

is that why she got married in a hurry?!

 


#10:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 12:13 am


Shocked Laughing Thanks Anonybunny

Liz

 


#11:  Author: JustJenLocation: waiting for a bus PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 1:49 am


Gilllian Linton???

You naughty girl!

 


#12:  Author: RobinLocation: London PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 11:52 am


*also giggling helplessly*

love that one nurse in her 50s actually learnt about TB!

 


#13:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:16 pm


Jack continued to keep Gillian under surveillance long after the mumps epidemic had run its course. He was disappointed when he dropped in to visit her one afternoon and found she had taken the girls for a ramble, and was just wondering whether it was worth passing the time with Rosalie when he met Hilary Burn. She had just returned from the tennis courts and Jack forgot all thoughts of Gillian and Rosalie as his eyes took in the short, white, pleated skirt, and the length of tanned leg beneath.

“Jack, I didn’t know you were here.” she exclaimed, stopping to speak with him. “Nobody’s ill are they?”

“No, I just thought I’d drop in to see if anybody needed me at all.” he answered.

“Oh, well if you’ve got some free time, I’ve got some gym equipment I could do with being moved about. Are you feeling strong and energetic?”

“I think I could do that for you.” answered Jack, and she led the way to the gym. He spent half an hour moving the equipment as Hilary wanted, chatting away as he did so, and asking about the various benches, vaults and how they were used. Before long, Hilary was giving him a demonstration of various jumps, and he leant against the wall, his eyes glued to her movements.

“Could you just shove that mat over here,” she asked, as she poised on top of the horse vault. Jack obliged and she landed neatly in front of him. “What do you think?” she asked, breathlessly, as she laid a hand on each arm to steady herself.

“I’m very impressed,” replied Jack, his eyes drawn to the rise and fall of her chest, just a few inches from his. “What else can you do?”

“All sorts of things,” she answered, her hands drifting up his arms to his shoulders.

“Such as?”

“Such as this.” with her hands pressing on his shoulders she gave a little spring and wrapped her legs round his waist. Jack’s arms supported her as her lips met his and they tumbled to the crash mat as she further demonstrated her athletic prowess.



After Jack and Anna had spent another blissful summer at Plas Gwyn, Jo returned and started to drop hints about having another baby. Jack tried to ignore them, but the hints grew heavier so he reluctantly performed his duty. He still found Jo’s lack of enthusiasm for the process disheartening and tried compensate by making sure that the other women in his life enjoyed themselves fully, and they provided him with reassurance that it wasn’t a lack of skill on his part that was the problem.

It was a few months before Jo announced that they would be having another child, and Jack vacated her bed. He started to sleep on a couch in his dressing room, not the most comfortable of places, but the nights when Anna could slip in to keep him company made it more than bearable.


Anna could not join him every night, however, and sometimes Jo would wake in the morning to find a note from Jack explaining there was an urgent case at the San that he had to attend. It was certainly with some urgency that he attended the bed of Louise Ellis, the much younger wife of a gout-ridden patient. The visitor’s wing added to the San had certainly been a stroke of inspiration.

Sitting at his desk in the San, in the early hours of the morning after he had left Louise’s bed, Jack Maynard picked up the letter marked ‘private and confidential’. He recognised it to be a woman’s handwriting, but couldn’t identify it. He slit open the letter and got a waft of perfume and the memories came flooding back. A holiday in England 11 years ago, a wife neglected by a husband absorbed in his work.

 


#14:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:32 pm


And now Hilary too!

So is this letter going to hold bad news then? Shocked

 


#15:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 8:02 pm


More kids?
Thanks AB Laughing

 


#16:  Author: CazxLocation: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 8:10 pm


Looking forward to the letters contents!

 


#17:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:41 pm


Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

*wonders what in the letters*

Thanks AB Very Happy

 


#18:  Author: KatLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:02 pm


ROFL *Happily gloating and smirking smuggly!*

 


#19:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2005 11:15 pm


*pokes Kat*

no fair!!!!!! we want to know!!!!

 


#20:  Author: Miss DiLocation: Newcastle, NSW PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 2:59 am


A blackmail letter?

Dere dokta Jack. My husband nose all. You must pay me lotsa muney so I can run away with our seven kids. xxx

 


#21:  Author: pimLocation: the Derbyshire wilderness PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:16 am


Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Laughing Shocked Laughing Laughing Laughing

 


#22:  Author: Emma ALocation: The Soke of Peterborough PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:35 am


Go Anonybunny! This cheers me up - thank-you!

 


#23:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:44 am


Thanks Anonybunny

11 years ago... hmmm.... *ponders*

Liz

 


#24:  Author: Catherine_BLocation: Oxford, UK PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:47 am


Not Mary-Lou???

She'd be about the right age... and she's fair... Shocked

 


#25:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:25 am


Don't keep us on tenterhooks, AB.

 


#26:  Author: KatLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:56 am


Laughing Come on Anonybunny, hurry up and post!!

 


#27:  Author: MoraLocation: Lancaster PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:48 pm


Ooh a cliff! If it is Mary-Lou, she's be slightly less 'one-and-only' considering how many half siblings she would have! Laughing

 


#28:  Author: LadyGuinevereLocation: Leicester PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2005 9:10 pm


Love the misdirection with Gillian/Hilary!

My first thought was Mary-Lou as well.... I neeeeed to find out now! Smile

 


#29:  Author: SusanLocation: Carlisle PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:09 am


Thanks Anonnybunny also looking forward to reading the letter.

 


#30:  Author: TorriLocation: County Durham/Connecticut PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:55 am


*giggles helplessly*

Thanks, Anonnybunny!! *adds to the list of those wanting to read the letter*

 


#31:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 10:09 am


Jack arrived at the dinner party a little late, everybody else was already there, and they were sitting with pre-dinner cocktails making small talk. He had noticed her straight away, as she sat on her own and picking up two drinks from a tray made his way over to her.

“You haven’t got a drink?” it was half statement half question as he offered her a glass.

“Thank you.” she smiled up at him, then shifted over on the sofa, “won’t you sit down.” It was a large sofa, but somehow when Jack sat down they ended up with their legs pressed against each other. She took a sip of her cocktail, looking at Jack from under long curling eyelashes. “Have you come alone?” she asked.

“I have,” answered Jack and saw a flicker of satisfaction in her eyes. “Have you?”

Before she could answer, dinner was announced, and he stood and gave her his hand to help her up, before following through to the dining room, admiring the way her dress clung to her figure. He wasn’t seated near her at the table, but was aware of her throughout the meal. During dessert she kept her eyes on his as she slowly spooned chocolate sauce into her mouth then ran her tongue over her lips. Jack lost all appetite for the contents of his plate. As soon as they left the table he slipped out into the garden. As he stepped off the terrace onto the grass, a hand reached out of the shadows and tugged gently at his. Jack allowed himself to be led along until they were out of sight of the house, where she stopped and turned to face him. “My husband was supposed to come with me tonight,” she told him, “but he’s not here.”

“That’s very negligent of him,” He raised the hand that was still in his to his lips and planted a soft kiss on the palm. “It was a lovely meal. He doesn’t know what he’s missed.” He felt her other hand slide under his jacket.

“He’s going to miss a whole lot more,” she whispered pulling him closer. Her kiss tasted of chocolate sauce and wine.

They sprang apart suddenly as voices cut through the quietness of the night, and then relaxed as they faded away. She took his hand again and drew him deeper into the shadows.



That dinner party had marked the beginning of a delightful holiday. They had taken full advantage of the long hours her husband worked, Jack had escorted her on many secluded picnics, taken her for moonlit drives to deserted lanes, and spent rainy days cosily in her parlour. It was after he had returned to the Tirol that he had received her letter telling him that she was to have his child. She didn’t want anything from Jack, her husband believed himself to be the father. Jack sent her a carefully worded assurance that should she ever need to contact him she could and had heard no more. Now, after all these years, Doris had written asking for his help. He read it through thoroughly then picked up the phone and made some calls. Before long he was writing a reply, giving details of a house called Carn Beg where she and his daughter could come to live.


Jack and Doris had hoped to get together soon after she settled into Carn Beg but they were frustrated by the eagle eye of Doris’ mother-in-law. “She doesn’t trust me. She’s been living with me for years, watching my every move, glaring at every man who comes within 100 yards of me.” She confided in a furtive conversation with Jack when he came to pick up Mary-Lou to spend a day at Plas Gwyn.

“We’ll manage something,” he promised, giving her a quick caress before their daughter came bounding down the stairs. In later years, he would be amused to hear her being described as having inherited Jo’s mantle. For the moment, it was Jack who was being the problem solver. He laid his plans carefully, waiting for term to begin, but in the meantime making sure Mrs Trelawney senior was introduced to some ladies of similar age and interests, and was soon invited to join the sewing meeting on Tuesday afternoons. While the ladies stitched and gossiped in the village hall, Jack and Doris were discovering the changes the years had brought to each other. For a few Tuesday afternoons they revelled in nostalgia, but that proved to be unsustainable and they fondly agreed to leave the past behind.

 


#32:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 10:37 am


Love the eagle eye of Mrs Trelawney senior!

So Mary Lou actually inherited her butting in from Jack? Laughing

Thanks Anon!

 


#33:  Author: CazxLocation: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:33 am


Shocked So M-L is Jack's daughter! Shocked

 


#34:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:06 pm


Laughing Thanks Anonybunny Laughing

Liz

 


#35:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:40 pm


What a turn-up for the books!

 


#36:  Author: KatLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 4:58 pm


ROFL Mr. Green

Thank you oh nortiest of bunnies! Wink Laughing

 


#37:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:33 pm


ANONNYBUNNY!!!!!


You really are a NORTY bunny!!!!

 


#38:  Author: JoyfulLocation: Manchester PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:35 pm


at the whole Mary-Lou idea!

love Mrs Trelawney senior being packed off to the local events!
thank you

 


#39:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 9:00 pm


*g* Thanks Anony!

Still love the ML idea! Very Happy Very Happy

 


#40:  Author: kerenLocation: Israel PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 9:01 pm


And explains how they came to live in Carn Beg

 


#41:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:30 pm


Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

 


#42:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 2:02 am


OOhh, wicked Anonnybunny!! ROFL ROFL

 


#43:  Author: tiffinataLocation: melbourne, australia PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 8:58 am


Ooohhh you are naughty......








But I like you!

 


#44:  Author: AliceLocation: London, England PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 3:27 pm


Mary-Lou Maynard...

 


#45:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:44 pm


The entire Russell-Maynard-Bettany clan spent Christmas at the Quadrant, where Jack brought seasonal cheer to Mollie’s sister Bridgie. Anna had remained behind at Plas Gwyn and Jack missed her. What was it about her, he wondered, that kept him enraptured. She wasn’t beautiful, but then, Wanda von Gluck, the most beautiful woman he had known had only held his attention for a few brief weeks. She wasn’t highly educated; Stacie Benson was stimulating company whenever he visited Oxford, but he wasn’t overwhelmed with longing to see her again. Although any woman he was with had his full attention at the time, once he had left them he still felt this unquenchable need for Anna. Despite the distractions of Bridgie and Karensa, a young woman in the nearby village, he was keen to return to Plas Gwyn at the end of the holidays. Jo, tired out from the journey and aided by a small dose, slept soundly that night while Anna and Jack used the hours to celebrate his homecoming.


A spate of mysterious sickness over the following term ensured Jack was a regular visitor to the school, a situation that Hilary and Beth Carey both benefited from. It was a shame when the school had to move away to an Island off the Welsh coast. Jack missed them briefly, but Mr Ellis checked back into the San and Louise came with him again for more treatment, and between her and Mary Evans he managed to adequately console himself. He was also called upon to visit the school from time to time and on one of these visits was introduced to Carey Christie.


“Jack Maynard! I’ve heard a lot about you.” she said, when they had been introduced and left to talk to each other.

“Nothing too bad, I hope?” he smiled and she patted his arm reassuringly.

“Oh no, only good.” The pat turned into a stroke and she shot a quick, meaningful, glance up at him.

“Oh, I try to be very good.” She couldn’t mistake his import and giving him a pleased smile led him casually away from the group of people to a quieter area.

“I always try to be good too. Perhaps we could share notes sometime?” She moved closer, her hand now leaving his arm to fiddle with his tie.

“No time like the present.” A quick glance around showed that nobody could see them and he bent his head and kissed her.

“Mmmmmmm” she said softly, “good, but I’m sure you can do better.” she led him along a footpath to a small secluded clearing where an improvement on the kiss was soon under way.



Jack noticed that Jo had been looking rather pale and worn out, so that summer, instead of encouraging her to go to Yorkshire, while he and Anna remained behind, he took her to Penny Rest, a guest house in Cornwall, for some sea air, rest and a general change of scene. For the first week of their stay there, Jo spent the majority of her time in bed. As did Jack, although not Jo’s bed and while his wife was resting, he certainly was not! One guest returned to London after that week, concluding that her holiday had been much more refreshing than she had expected. Phyllis Robertson decided to extend her holiday for another week, and while Heather Bannister’s children built sandcastles with the triplets, she discovered that some pleasures were not just her husband’s prerogative. In the second week two sisters from Southampton checked in to the guesthouse and by the time they returned home Jack had made a thorough comparison of their similarities and differences.

He also had some unwanted attention. One predatory woman pursued him aggressively. Jack had no desire to get to know the sour-faced woman any better, but she kept trying to corner him. One day he came down the staircase to the first floor, to see her ascending, and in desperation he opened the door of the nearest room and slipped in before she could see him.


After softly closing the door, he turned round to see where he was and was confronted by Edith Browne, the owner of Penny Rest, not in her usual sensible clothes, but giving a good impression of Lady Godiva, with her hair hanging past her hips being the only covering she had. Unlike the populace during Lady Godiva’s famous ride, Jack did not avert his eyes, but allowed them to roam appreciatively over the picture she presented. Edith made no complaint at his intrusion and perusal of her, and even tossed some of her hair over her shoulder, to give him a clearer view.

“I think one of us has an unfair advantage here.” she commented, as Jack continued his scrutiny.

“That’s soon remedied,” he replied, suiting the action to his word, and putting them on an even footing. “Do you want to take any more advantages?”

She accepted his invitation, until they were both sure that that the advantages of the situation were equally shared.



There were also some lovely isolated coves along the coastline, and Jack spent some time in intense exploration with Annabelle Taylor on several afternoons during the holiday. After Annabelle’s holiday had ended, he shared their attractions with Miranda Shillerton, who had come to Penny Rest in need of rejuvenation, which she found, although it was Jack, rather than the hotel, who deserved credit for that.

Jack also had the opportunity to discover some of the local beauty spots, and sunset in the company of the curate’s sister turned out to be a natural phenomenon he returned to savour most evenings of their last week there.


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#46:  Author: CazxLocation: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:53 pm


How many women did Jack bed in that extract?
I lost count!

 


#47:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:57 pm


I wonder if this is going to turn out to be a moral tale - Jack discovers that Anna has as many notches on her bedpost as he does, gets upset and jealous and vows to renounce his wicked ways?

 


#48:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:57 pm


Errrm just how many women were involved there???

Norty Jack and vair norty bunny!!! Wink

 


#49:  Author: AlexLocation: Hunts, UK PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:59 pm


I think it's 16, Cazx, 9 of them whilst at Penny Rest, and 3 previous conquests - Anna, Wanda, Stacie.

He does seem to have incredible stamina. Shocked Very Happy

Edited to change Lesley to Cazx because I am stupid and their avatars are very similar. Embarassed


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#50:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 8:36 pm


Er Alex, were you answering someone else's query then? Confused

Love the post - Jack's stamina never ceases to amaze! Laughing

 


#51:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 8:48 pm


Shocked Wanda

Shocked Stacie

Thanks Anonybunny Laughing

Liz

 


#52:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:22 pm


Annonybunny!!!!!!!!!


I am SHOCKED!
SHOCKED I tell you!!!!!

 


#53:  Author: KatLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:31 pm


I'm not! ROFL

We're on about 19 woman in total.... and believe me, there's LOTS more to come!! ROFL Laughing

Thanks AB!!

 


#54:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:50 pm


very bad Jack!!!!!

but very amusing Anonybunny - thank you Laughing

 


#55:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 12:49 am


Kat wrote:
I'm not! ROFL

We're on about 19 woman in total.... and believe me, there's LOTS more to come!! ROFL Laughing

Thanks AB!!


Many, many more! And a few shocks in store, I can guarantee! Wink

Thanks AB. Laughing

 


#56:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:51 am


ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

thanks Anonybunny!!

 


#57:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:01 am


After the Mary Lou revelation, I wonder how many more CS girls are really 'family'. Perhaps that explains why some supposedly non family girls get to be Head Girl?

Thank you Anonybunny. this just gets better and better!

 


#58:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:20 am


patmac wrote:
After the Mary Lou revelation, I wonder how many more CS girls are really 'family'. Perhaps that explains why some supposedly non family girls get to be Head Girl?

Thank you Anonybunny. this just gets better and better!


But to be Head Girl you have to be chosen - and its the Head(s) that choose - so do Hilda and Nell...?

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!! Laughing

 


#59:  Author: MoraLocation: Lancaster PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:25 am


Quote:
But to be Head Girl you have to be chosen - and its the Head(s) that choose - so do Hilda and Nell...?

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!! Laughing


Argh argh nooooo! Shocked

 


#60:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:24 pm


Ann wrote:
I wonder if this is going to turn out to be a moral tale - Jack discovers that Anna has as many notches on her bedpost as he does, gets upset and jealous and vows to renounce his wicked ways?


Sorry Ann, there are very few (if any) morals in this tale.

patmac wrote:
After the Mary Lou revelation, I wonder how many more CS girls are really 'family'. Perhaps that explains why some supposedly non family girls get to be Head Girl?


Not all Jack's daughters get to be Head Girl Twisted Evil


The discovery of the problem with the foundations at Plas Gwyn, and the subsequent move to Carnbach was most serendipitous for Jack. Although it was early to say yet, Myfanwy’s fourth son showed signs of distinct resemblance to Stephen, and his older brother’s hair was the same shade Jack recalled his mother had had. The exact same shade, in fact, as Sybil Russell’s hair. Madge had always refused to discuss the subject, but Jack was certain that Sybil had been the result of that one wonderful, wild night they had spent in each other’s arms.


Cartref, their new home in Carnbach was a much smaller house. Carey Christie had suggested to her husband that they let it to the Maynards, and was very pleased that Jack had moved nearer the Island, something she made clear to him at the earliest opportunity. Anna and Jack missed the nooks and crannies, sprawling wings and dark corners of Plas Gwyn and the opportunities they afforded. They had to content themselves with snatched moments when Jo was out of the house, or take advantage of longer, lingering hours when she went over to the school. Jack visited the school as well, rapidly re-establishing his connections with Hilary and Beth. He also explored the range of possibilities in Carnbach. Within a few days of moving in he had sampled the delights on offer at the local hostelry and had caught the eye of the nursemaid next-door-but-one. Unfortunately her employer objected to sharing her attentions, so what had been a promising dalliance was cut short after only two delightful encounters. Jack considered what else was on offer in Carnbach, made the acquaintance of the bank manager’s wife, then decided his next conquest should be more of a challenge. In the meantime, Jo was keen to have another child, and he dutifully fulfilled his requirements as a husband. There was no enjoyment for either of them in the process, despite his efforts, and as relief to hear she was expecting their seventh child flooded over him he decided this would be the last time. Duty done he began to search for his next challenge.


It was while he was running an errand for Jo that he found what he was looking for.


Jack hurried into the library with the books under his arm. He almost dropped them in surprise when he saw the woman behind the desk. He had expected an angular elderly spinster with pince nez and a frown. Instead was a golden-curled, well-endowed young lady wearing lipstick. He recovered himself smoothly from the shock and approached the desk. “I’d like to return these books please.”

“Just a moment.” she didn’t look up at him as she finished filling in a small card and then picked up the first book and opened it. “This is late, sir.” she did look up at that point, her green eyes looking at Jack accusingly.

“I’m very sorry,” he apologised, “I’m returning it for my wife.”

“I’m afraid there will be a fine. Sir.”

“Not a problem. How much?” Jack pulled out his wallet. She checked through the rest of the books.

“Three shillings and tuppence.” she replied. Jack carefully counted out the change, then rather than put it on the counter, he lifted her hand, put the coins in it and closed her fingers over them. He was pleased to note a slight flicker in those green eyes, and followed up his action with one of his most charming smiles. She gave a slight smile in return. “Thank you, sir.” He held her gaze for a moment, then as she suddenly seemed to become aware he was still holding her fist in his hands she gave a slight tug. He let go immediately.

“Goodbye,” he smiled again then walked away. At the last moment, as he went through the door, he turned and looked back. She swiftly lowered her eyes, but not before he saw that she had been watching him go, and as he walked down the street his smiled to himself in eager expectation.

A couple of days later, Jack went back to the library, “I wonder if you could recommend anything for me?” he asked.

“That would depend on what you’re looking for, sir,”

“Please, call me Jack,” the smile made another appearance, “and I’m looking for something exciting, something with plenty of action, something that I’ll enjoy.”

“In that case, I think we may have something over here,” she rose and led him to an aisle of books. “Try this shelf here,” she suggested and returned to her desk. Jack stood there for a moment then selected a couple of books at random and checked them out.


A few days later he returned them and asked for further recommendations. She called him Jack and told him she was Miss Tarrant. A few days later, she allowed him to call her Olivia. This pattern of visiting every few days continued for nearly a month. Each time he visited Jack knew she was aware of him the moment he entered the door, although she affected not to notice until he was standing in front of her. Each time she showed him a choice of books, his hand would brush hers as he reached for one, and she would blush prettily before returning to her desk. Each time, he stood slightly closer to her in front of the shelves and she would remain with him for longer while he apparently studied the books. When she returned to the desk she would covertly watch him until he came to get the books stamped, and each time the small talk afterwards would last for longer and become more flirtatious. Jack knew it was just a matter of time and patience.

 


#61:  Author: JoyfulLocation: Manchester PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:33 pm


my goodness me! someone not instantly throwing herself at him!!

must be a very strong minded woman!
heehee!

 


#62:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:38 pm


Feel so sorry that Jo looks upon it as just duty!

Thanks Anon!

 


#63:  Author: AliceLocation: London, England PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:51 pm


*Gasp* Madge - how could you!!!

 


#64:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 2:35 pm


Well!!!!!

So THAT explains where the red hair came from!!!

Oh! But Maeve had red hair too, is there something Mollie has been keeping secret?

 


#65:  Author: KatLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:27 pm


ROFL Thanks Bunny!!

 


#66:  Author: SandraLocation: Oxfordshire PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:30 pm


Shocked Sybil Maynard?!? Shocked

Madge is very, very naughty although I suppose that Jack is much nearer to her in age than Jem.

Who else could be his? Presumably all of the Bettany's were born/conceived in India except for Daphne.

 


#67:  Author: Catherine_BLocation: Oxford, UK PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:05 pm


Madge!?! Shocked I screeched with laughter when I read that!

 


#68:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:13 pm


Shocked Shocked Shocked

Well that explains the red hair- and one daughter who didn't get to be Head Girl.....were there many more, AB?

 


#69:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:17 pm


Madge!!!! Shocked I was wondering if she was tempted by Jack's charms!
ROFLROFL
ROFL
Thanks Anonnybunny

 


#70:  Author: LadyGuinevereLocation: Leicester PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:54 pm


*splutters over Madge*

But in a good way ;)

 


#71:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:03 pm


Norty Madge!!! Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

Glad Jack can have some patience to play some games as well!!!

 


#72:  Author: CazxLocation: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 7:38 pm


Sandra wrote:

Who else could be his? Presumably all of the Bettany's were born/conceived in India except for Daphne.


I think there's a mention of Mollie being pregnant in Jo Returns when they're saying goodbye to Jo, so the second twins could be Jacks!
And Madge! Well I never!

 


#73:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:00 pm


Cazx wrote:
Sandra wrote:

Who else could be his? Presumably all of the Bettany's were born/conceived in India except for Daphne.


I think there's a mention of Mollie being pregnant in Jo Returns when they're saying goodbye to Jo, so the second twins could be Jacks!
And Madge! Well I never!

Were they redheads?

 


#74:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:15 pm


Is the man trying to repopulate the entire British Isles?

ETA: I supect Anna is secretly feeding him on oysters!

 


#75:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 11:15 pm


Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL Shocked ROFL

 


#76:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 1:44 am


Lord, he's having to work hard at this one.....errm, when does he get any time to practice medicine??!! Shocked Shocked Shocked ROFL ROFL ROFL

 


#77:  Author: Miss DiLocation: Newcastle, NSW PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:43 am


Joyful wrote:
my goodness me! someone not instantly throwing herself at him!!

must be a very strong minded woman!



Naturally. All (female) librarians are strong minded women who don't want to pander to that common fantasy about what happens when we let our hair out its bun. Make him beg Olivia!









(then tread on him with your elegantly shod foot)

 


#78:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:36 am


ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

Madge!

Go on, Olivia. Give him the run around Twisted Evil

 


#79:  Author: Carolyn PLocation: Lancaster, England PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:36 am


Is anyone other that Jo immune to his charms?

Laughing Laughing Laughing Madge Laughing Laughing Laughing

 


#80:  Author: JoyfulLocation: Manchester PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:43 am


Miss Di wrote:

Naturally. All (female) librarians are strong minded women who don't want to pander to that common fantasy about what happens when we let our hair out its bun.

Did think that when I was writing, but then thought there's enough librarians here to point it out!
(or else be cross with me for assuming things... Wink)

Is it just me getting a horrible feeling that Joey's lack of interest in her husband may be because she's happily occupied elsewhere...though where?! Shocked

 


#81:  Author: LauraLocation: London (ish) PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:21 pm


Joyful wrote:
Is it just me getting a horrible feeling that Joey's lack of interest in her husband may be because she's happily occupied elsewhere...though where?! Shocked


Jem? Gaudenz?

*splutters over Madge*

 


#82:  Author: MoraLocation: Lancaster PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:33 pm


Madge!!! Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Nothing is sacred... nothing! Laughing Thank you AB

 


#83:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:40 pm


Jack dashed through the door in a hurry, having been pleasantly delayed at the school by Julie Berné, it was almost closing time and the library was deserted. As she looked up, Olivia’s face registered her delight at his appearance. “I had given up expecting you today,” she told him as he handed over his books. “I’m just about to close up.”

“Have I got time to browse for something else?”

“What are you looking for today?”

“What I’m always looking here for. Excitement, enjoyment.”

“You should know where to find that by now.”

“Yes, but I’d like you to help me.”

“I’ll be with you in a moment.” while Jack walked across to the shelves, Olivia stood and walked to the door where she flipped the ‘closed’ sign and shot the bolt. “Now,” she joined Jack by the shelves. “How can I help you?”

Jack gazed into the green eyes. “You could show me what you find exciting.” His gaze dropped as she started to unbutton her blouse “You’ve obviously got a very good idea of what I will find exciting.” She fumbled with her buttons and as he trailed kisses across her cheek to find her lips she gave up altogether. “Here, let me help you.” His fingers traced her silky skin between the open buttons and deftly dealt with the remaining few. “Now can I show you something we might both enjoy?”

She signalled her agreement and, with unerring judgement, he showed her.



Hilary Burn was keen to prove that she had recovered her stamina when she returned to the school after her dip in Bosherton Lily Pools and subsequent illness. Jack noticed a subtle change in her, although he couldn’t quite identify what it was.

The light dawned one afternoon when at the height of their exertions she let out a cry of “Phil!”

“I’m so sorry,” she apologised, afterwards, filled with embarrassment. Jack looked at her intently and her face flamed even redder.

“I think my dear,” he said gently, “that I’m not really the one you want to be with am I?”

“I didn’t realise it until now, but … well I’m sorry Jack.”

He smiled, “Don’t be, it’s been good while it lasted. I have no regrets and I hope you haven’t either.” she shook her head, “but if we continue I think you will regret it, and I don’t want that. You go for your Phil, and I hope you’re very happy.” A quick grin flitted across his face. “If not, you know who to call.”

“Thank you Jack,” a radiant smile lit her face. His lips pressed against hers one last time and left her.



It had been a rather chagrining experience for Jack, although he felt no bitterness towards Hilary for it. He did however feel the need to boost his confidence, which he soon managed to do with the aid of the owner of a small teashop, then the secretary in the local solicitor’s office. He also felt slightly more resigned when he met Phil Graves and his sister, although he was too busy at the time to pursue that possibility as the assiduous attention he had paid to Renée Bell since the beginning of term was finally bearing fruit. It was a shame he had to leave her at Easter, he thought after he had bidden her a fond farewell, but Canada beckoned.


Jack settled into his seat for the long flight to Canada. “Excuse me sir?” He looked up at the air stewardess as she stopped by his seat. “You need to have your seatbelt fastened for take-off. Would you like me to help you?”

“Thank you” said Jack as she bent down to do so. He appreciated the view afforded by her blouse as her hands lingered on the fastening.

“Once we have taken off you can remove your belt and move around the plane,” she told him, removing her hands with a gentle brush down the length of his thigh and matching his burning look with one of her own. “Please come and ask me for anything you might need.” Jack had heard stories about air stewardesses, and had offered wondered how much truth there was in them. Once the plane had taken off he went to find her, and she was soon verifying everything he had heard.

 


#84:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:49 pm


ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

Love the bit where Hilary called out the wrong name!

Thanks Anonybunny!

 


#85:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:24 pm


Thank you AB! How embarrassing for Hilary!!

 


#86:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:26 pm


Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

Good for Hilary!

And Jack's joined the 'Mile High Club' I see.

 


#87:  Author: claireLocation: South Wales PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:43 pm


Read something the other day about a man who had 87 children (18th century Russian - with just 2 wives - including 4 sets of quads and a lot of other multiples) is Jack setting out to emulate him in fatherhood stakes

 


#88:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:03 am


*g*

thanks annoybnny - disappointed that Olivia has capitulated though!

 


#89:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:09 am


Isn't it nice to see that Jack takes sufficient exercise? And why is Joey not responsive? There must be a reason.... Very Happy

 


#90:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:21 am


poor Jack - first he has to work hard to get the librarian, then Hilary falls for someone else! Laughing Laughing

Liz

 


#91:  Author: Marissa PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:52 am


claire wrote:
Read something the other day about a man who had 87 children (18th century Russian - with just 2 wives - including 4 sets of quads and a lot of other multiples)


I read that too, its at the bottom of this article about the woman who is currently pregnant with her second set of quads. Wouldn't Joey be jealous?! Laughing

 


#92:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:47 pm


Go Hilary!! Wink

Am sure jack will find comfort in the arms of another!! Laughing Laughing

 


#93:  Author: aitchemelleLocation: West Sussex PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:44 pm


Have stopped spurning this drabble on principle now cos noone seemed to have noticed!

Love it AB! Vair vair norty!

Very Happy

 


#94:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:25 pm


Canada. A land of opportunity. A land of possibilities. All of which Jack Maynard intended to make the most of while he was there. Toronto was a bustling place, and before Jo arrived he was already familiar with parts of it – including the manager of a domestic agency and a seamstress.


After Jo had arrived, they had settled in the house rented by Madge and Jem for a few weeks before finding a place of their own.


“… and here he is” said Jo as her husband came out onto the terrace. “Jack, you’ll give Gwen a lift home, won’t you?” Jack didn’t need to give the atractive woman a second glance before he agreed cordially.

“Of course, let me know when you’re ready.”

“Oh, thank you,” she flashed him a smile. “I’ll be ready in just a minute. Jo, it was lovely to meet you, and if you find the music to that song, please do send it to me. Madge, darling, it’s wonderful to see you again after all these years and your babies are just adorable. Do keep in touch. We’re in town for another week, so maybe we could meet again before we go. Your Sybil is only a little older than my Mary-Kate, so I’m sure they’d like to get together. Anyway, I really must go, mustn’t keep your husband waiting, Jo.” She hugged and kissed Madge and Joey while talking non-stop, then followed Jack round the house to the car. He asked for directions, then headed off towards her hotel and watched her appreciatively as the doorman sprang to attention and she walked through the doors. A moment later, Jack was out of the car, grasping the shopping bag she had left behind. He was just in time to dart into the crowded lift behind her as the doors closed, and stood close by her until they reached her floor, where he stepped out and to the side, so she could leave the lift. Still carrying her bag, he followed her along the corridor and she opened her door and held it for him to enter her room. To his surprise, her non-stop chatter did not start again; she silently closed the door, removed the bag from his hand, and no words were necessary as they communicated together on another level.



It was shortly after they arrived in Canada that Jack discovered that Jo was carrying on a clandestine correspondence. The envelope had got wet and the ink had smudged so it was impossible to tell it was for Mrs, not Dr, J Maynard. Jack had grabbed it with the rest of his post and opened it as he sat in his study.

It was signed ‘your adoring one’ and included a sonnet describing how the writer missed Jo and longed to see her again. A short search through Jo’s writing desk when she was out of the house, revealed a collection of similar epistles, with more poetry (to the beauty of her eyes, the pure whiteness of her skin, the exquisite sound of her voice etc), tied up with a jade green ribbon. Perusal of these showed that although the devotion was reciprocated, this was merely a romance of the heart, not so much as one kiss had sullied the purity of their love. Personally, Jack preferred to show practical expressions of admiration, but if Jo was happy with her poetical admirer and his letters of longing, he was glad for her. He smiled and put the letters back exactly as he’d found them, then went to find Louisa.


He had met Louisa two days after he arrived in Toronto. Stopping at a café for a cup of coffee he had spotted her the moment he walked in.

“Do you mind if I join you?” Jack asked politely, pausing by the table, where she sat alone.

“Please do,” she smiled, and put away her book. Before long they were chatting away easily, and Jack was encouraged by her response as he lightly touched her hand, as if by chance, as he illustrated a point. A moment later he rested his hand over hers again, this time leaving it for slightly longer.

Jack returned to the café and found her there the following afternoon. On his fourth visit she was sitting in a secluded booth at the back and he slid in next to her instead of sitting opposite. The length of her thigh pressed against his as they exchanged a lingering kiss. By the time they left the café it was dark and Jack walked her to the safety of her home.

“Would you like to come in for a coffee?” she smiled at him as she opened her front door. Jack was too polite to refuse, and didn’t even complain that the coffee never got made.



As well as Louisa, Jack paid frequent visits to Fort York, where a small, curvaceous tour guide was easily persuaded to show him some of the features not available to the general public.

 


#95:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:36 pm


Glad to see Jack is enjoying his taste of Canada!!!

Thank you Mr Bunny Very Happy

 


#96:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:42 pm


Situation vacant

A temporary vacancy has arisen for a beta-reader and chief gloater. If you are interested in this post, please PM your application, stating your previous experience in beta-reading and gloating, and any specific aspects of your character that would make you the candidate of choice.

Duties will include:

– beta-reading drabble
– gratuitous gloating
– aiding the inspiration process.

Knowledge of the identity of Anonybunny is neither a requirement nor a prerogative of this position.

Applications should be received by 23:59 Monday 6 June 2005. The application of the successful candidate will be posted in this thread.


Last edited by Anonybunny on Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:48 pm; edited 1 time in total

 


#97:  Author: AliceLocation: London, England PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:46 pm


Tempting as this sounds, I don't think I have the necessary qualifications... Sad

 


#98:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:51 pm


Jack seems to take Jo's love letters very calmly - but then he can hardly complain can he!

Thanks Anonybunny

Liz

 


#99:  Author: Rachel PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:54 pm


Anonybunny wrote:
Situation vacant

A temporary vacancy has arisen for a beta-reader and chief gloater. If you are interested in this post, please PM your application, stating your previous experience in beta-reading and gloating, and any specific aspects of your character that would make you the candidate of choice...


Tempting as this is I don't think I can apply because

a) I am off on holiday next week for ten days

b) my character is far too pure to be able to assist

and

c) I never gloat publicly as I have no intention of letting Uto get his sticky mitts on me!

 


#100:  Author: CazxLocation: Swansea/Bristol PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:40 pm


Who is Jo's admirer???

 


#101:  Author: LadyGuinevereLocation: Leicester PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:22 pm


Oooh, so there is someone else in Jo's life!

*wonders who it is*

 


#102:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:29 pm


Anonybunny wrote:
Knowledge of the identity of Anonybunny is neither a requirement nor a prerogative of this position.


Well, in that case, what's the point?

 


#103:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:29 pm


I wonder if Jo's admirer is ..... Ooh I'm not going to post in case it is and I spoil it! Anonybunny, I have PM'd you with my suggestion!!! hahaha Very Happy

 


#104:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:24 pm


*norty idea about Jo's admirer*

thanks Anonybunny!

 


#105:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:48 am


Travel broadens the mind....!

 


#106:  Author: AlexLocation: Hunts, UK PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:49 pm


Anonybunny wrote:
...including the manager of a domestic agency and a seamstress.


Are you a TP fan Anonybunny?

It occurs to me that Luigia isn't the only CS girl to enter a convent (see much earlier) and I hope Jack will keep his dirty mitts off Robin.

 


#107:  Author: pimLocation: the Derbyshire wilderness PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:32 pm


Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing

That's the last time I leave this drabble alone for a few days!!!!!!!!!1

 


#108:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:26 pm


*giggles*


So, does young Katkin know that you're advertising for her replacement? Wink

 


#109:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:20 am


Vikki wrote:
So, does young Katkin know that you're advertising for her replacement? Wink


She both knows and approves


Jack waited outside La Sagesse for his daughters and nieces. As he loitered he wandered aimlessly backwards and forwards along the pathway, admiring the flowerbeds on either side. He, therefore, did not see the approaching figure hurrying along with her head down and she cannoned into him. Jack’s hands automatically reached out to steady her. Then as he registered the softness of the female form momentarily leaning against him, they automatically lingered a moment longer than necessary, releasing her reluctantly as she regained her balance and started to apologise profusely.

“No, no it was my fault,” he assured her. “Are you alright?” The voluminous robes thoroughly disguised the slender figure and soft curves revealed to him by that brief contact, but now he knew they were there, the habit seemed to taunt him.

“I’m sorry, I was in a hurry, I should have looked.”

“There’s no harm done. But don’t let me keep you here if you need to be somewhere else.”

“Oh I was just going to fetch something, but it’s not important. Are you here to pick up your daughters?” She obviously knew who he was and had seen him around before. “I think they’ll be a few minutes longer before they finish.”

“I can wait,” answered Jack.

“Why don’t we sit down? I can keep you company for a few minutes.” She indicated a stone bench and Jack followed her over to it and sat down, wondering what on earth he could talk to a nun about.

“I’m Jack Maynard,” he introduced himself, even though he thought she knew that.

“I’m Maisie – well actually now I’m Mary Joanna” she corrected herself. “I only became a postulant two weeks ago and I’m still not used to my new name.”

“What made you decided to become a nun?” Jack asked curiously. Before she could answer three voices called “Papa, Papa!” and he hurriedly smiled goodbye as the triplets came tearing over the grass towards him. Scooping them together in his arms he gave them a giant hug, then took them home, listening as they competed with each other to tell him what they’d been doing that day.


A few days later Jack saw Mary Joanna again, and paused to chat. She seemed delighted that he recognised her after their brief meeting, and was soon responding to his flattery with giggles and fluttering eyelashes.

“So, do you really sleep on a stone bed?” he asked, as they walked in a secluded area of the gardens, a few days later, when he had arrived an hour before the triplets would finish school.

“No, it’s actually quite comfortable. Would you like to see?”

“Am I allowed in? I am a man you know.”

“Oh, I know. I suppose it’s not really allowed, but I’m sure if we’re careful nobody will see you. There’s a side door that leads into the corridor by my room. We could use that.” A few minutes later, they had reached her room, undetected. “See, it’s just a normal bed and it’s quite comfortable.” she stretched out on it and smiled up at him.

“It does look very inviting.”

“Try it if you like.” She patted the space next to her and he sat down.

“Are you sure I should be here?” he asked, even as his fingers tried to free her from her wimple “ You are a nun after all.”

She helped him dispose of her ecclesiastical garments. “I’ve not taken my vows yet.”


Although it was not easy, Jack managed to return several times to firmly establish that the beds in the convent really were comfortable. It also helped establish something else for Mary Joanna.

“I’ve decided I’m not going to become a nun.” she told Jack, as she pulled on her habit. “I thought my heart was broken forever, which was why I decided to take orders, but you’ve shown me the world has so much more to offer and that I can still enjoy life. I shall never be able to thank you enough for what you’ve done. I am going to speak to Mother Abbess today, and after that I shall return to Brockville.”

“Well, I’m glad to have been of help.” answered Jack. “Although I shall be sorry to say goodbye.”

“Show me just how sorry.” she said, and demonstrated just how unsuited to conventual life she was.



It was not long after Mary Joanna had left that Anna joined them in Canada. She had stayed behind to clean Cartref and, at Jo’s insistence, have a break for a few weeks, before she joined them. Jack met her at St John’s when the boat arrived, and the first few hours of Anna’s time in Canada were spent in a room in a dingy hotel, which had the virtue of being immediately adjacent to the exit from the docks. Rather than flying to Toronto, they then took their time and travelled by train, somehow managing to cram themselves into one berth in the overnight compartment – neither finding the enforced proximity a drawback.

 


#110:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:37 am


Jack!!!! Shame on you - seducing a nun! Shocked

 


#111:  Author: RosyLocation: Gloucestershire-London-Aberystwyth PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:04 am


Chortles.
Whatever next!
This thread is great - I can't read anything involving Jack Maynard now without smirking though.

Thankyou!

 


#112:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:23 pm


Well, they say that variety is the spice of life.

 


#113:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:45 pm


Jack really is very very NORTY in this!!!!! Shocked Shocked

 


#114:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:01 pm


Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Shocked Laughing Shocked

and we're only about half way through the series!

 


#115:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:51 pm


Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

A NUN?!

 


#116:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:46 am


Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

"only" a postulant but still....!!!!

 


#117:  Author: SandraLocation: Oxfordshire PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:11 pm


Is anyone keeping count? I was trying to but I keep laughing too much for it to be very successful.

 


#118:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:12 pm


It must be hundreds by now. Perhaps AB will tell us.

 


#119:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:38 pm


Sandra wrote:
Is anyone keeping count? I was trying to but I keep laughing too much for it to be very successful.


A running total is being maintained will be posted at the end of the drabble.


Unfortunately once she arrived in Toronto Anna shared a room with her cousin, Rosa, and nocturnal activities were severely limited. Rosa, however was quite amenable to looking after Mike on alternate afternoons, while Jo napped, and Anna, ostensibly went for a walk, although often she didn’t get further than the small summerhouse in the garden of the unoccupied house next door.


Jack wasn’t able to meet her there every day, as the conference required his presence. Specialists in TB from all over the world were gathered. After Jack had given a presentation on the work of the San one morning, he was approached by one of the doctors.


“Dr Maynard, I’m Dr Patricia Forstythe,” from behind glasses a pair of bright blue eyes met his. “I’m very interested in the work your San has been doing. Would you care to tell me more about it?”

“Certainly, what would you like to know? And, please call me Jack.”

“Thank you, Jack. Do you have a few minutes now? We could maybe go somewhere a bit quieter and you can elaborate on the importance of bed rest.”

“Where do you suggest?”

“I have a room upstairs, we wouldn’t be disturbed there?”

Jack accompanied her upstairs where he spent the rest of the day elaborating on the benefits of prolonged time in bed.



In August, Jack flew back to Wales to take charge of the San for a couple of weeks. It didn’t take him long to catch up on the paperwork, and he then proceeded to catch up with Sister Foley before getting to know Alice Downs, a pert ward-maid who had started to work at the San during his absence. By the time Jack returned to Toronto (the flight graced by the same stewardess as his previous trip) Jo was in the final weeks of her pregnancy. The triplets, Steve, Charles and Mike had all gone to stay with their Auntie Madge for a few weeks, leaving Anna to care for Jo. In the few moments while Jo was resting, Anna was able to devote her attention on Jack which she did with her usual fervour.


When the expected twins arrived safely, Jack had been overjoyed. A boy and a girl, they named them Felix and Felicity. Jo was cared for by the Blue Nuns during and after the birth, and two weeks later, Jack was on a flight back to London, where he stayed overnight with an old flame. Rhoda Genniton was always pleased to welcome Jack to her home and her bed whenever he passed through London, and he promised to visit her again before he caught his flight back.

Then he made his way to St Briavel’s where he broke the news of the twins to Hilda Annersley and Rosalie Dene. Both were delighted of course, but he also noticed a light in Rosalie’s eyes that he had not seen for some time. As soon as the Headmistress was called away to answer a telephone call, Rosalie clasped Jack by the hand and led him through the nearest door. There, they discovered that the flames between them had not completely died out but had merely been banked down and now the smouldering embers burst once more into conflagration in the confines of the stationery cupboard.

 


#120:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:44 pm


LOL!! Glad to see Jack took full opportunity of his return to England!!!

Thanks Mr Bunny Very Happy

 


#121:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:36 am


the stationery cupboard...with all those flammables?! ROFL ROFL ROFL

 


#122:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:39 am


I'll always read that scene in Shocks differently now! Laughing

Thanks Anon!

 


#123:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:25 am


Laughing Laughing Laughing

Thanks Anonybunny

Liz

 


#124:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:38 pm


Lesley wrote:
I'll always read that scene in Shocks differently now! Laughing

Thanks Anon!


I think I'll be reading ALL the books differently now!!!

 


#125:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:46 pm


Thanks Anony, more soon please! Very Happy

 


#126:  Author: RosyLocation: Gloucestershire-London-Aberystwyth PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:00 pm


Vikki wrote:
I think I'll be reading ALL the books differently now!!!


You and me both my dear. *chortles*

 


#127:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:35 pm


Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

*sobbing with laughter*

Anonnybunny you are brilliant!

 


#128:  Author: MoraLocation: Lancaster PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:42 pm


He is incredible! Shocked

 


#129:  Author: JustJenLocation: waiting for a bus PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:15 pm


Please bunny, may we have more???

 


#130:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:08 pm


If we are only up to 'Shocks' there is a long way to go if this drabble is going up to 'Prefects'.
How many women will it be by the end?
And how many kids will he have?

 


#131:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:26 pm


When Jack got back to Canada, Jo returned home with the twins. Anna was once again heavily involved in baby-care and Jack hardly saw her, so he spent some time with Kathleen MacArthur, who was pleased to amuse him while her husband went to Boston on business, and Joelle Ortonne a French-Canadian waitress he met one day when waiting at the café for Louisa.

By November, however, Jo was feeling more energetic and one morning decided to take the twins out for a walk herself, proudly pushing them along in their double buggy. As the gate squeaked shut behind her and she turned into the street Anna entered the bookroom where Jack was working. He looked up as he heard the door open.

“She has gone out.” No need to define who ‘she’ was. No need to explain any further why she had come to find him. No need for anything but to feverishly touch, to hold, to push aside fabric, to feel skin against skin, to urgently demand yet to yield in the same moment, to pour the intense longing of the last few months into every caress, every whispered endearment, every kiss, until it consumed them.

Once the pent-up feelings were released, a tidal force overwhelmed them for the next few weeks. Jack spent every moment he could spare and more at the house so they could snatch at any time offered them. Jack ensured that Jo slept well every night – and that Anna didn’t.

The quick trip back to Carnbach for the school Christmas play gave Jack the opportunity to meet some of the staff who had joined the school since he went abroad.

“Jack, this is Dorothy Lawrence, our new music mistress.” The face was vaguely familiar to Jack. “Dorothy, this is Dr Jack Maynard, Jo’s husband.”

“Dr Maynard, pleased to meet you.” Her voice was low, musical and again played with Jack’s memory.

“Call me Jack, please.”

“And, I’m Dorothy.” Hilary having done as the new mistress had requested and introduced her to the doctor, moved of to chat with someone else, leaving them on their own.

“Dorothy,” he smiled, “it’s nice to meet you again.” She smiled in response.

“I didn’t think you’d remember me.”


Jack hadn't been able to forget her...


The first thing Jack was aware of was the throbbing of his head. How much had he drunk the previous evening? His head hurt even more as he tried to remember. They had been celebrating. The end of exams. There had been a competition to see who could drink the most whiskies in two minutes. He had come second. He hoped that Anderson, who had won and relieved Jack of five pounds, felt worse than he did. At this point in his thoughts, Jack registered he was not alone in his bed. At least, he supposed it was his bed. How had he got home? He forced his gritty eyelids open, but the light hurt them and he closed them again with a slight groan. The bed shifted slightly as the body next to him moved and a soft low voice asked “Are you alright?” Jack gave another groan. The body moved again, and Jack felt soft curves come to rest against his arm, as a cool hand started to massage his forehead. Jack opened his eyes slowly, allowing them to gradually adjust to the light in the room. Leaning over him, wearing what he recognised as one of his shirts and looking at him solicitously was a young woman he didn’t recall ever seeing before. A glance around confirmed that he had somehow managed to get back to his own room in the college, and apparently had successfully smuggled an unknown girl into his bed.

“Are you a ministering angel?” he asked wonderingly. “Am I dreaming you?”

“No, I’m definitely real.” She smoothed his hair back. “Touch me and see.” Jack moved his hand and ran it over the blanket, along her side from the dip of her waist to the rise of her hip.

“You feel real to me.” He repeated the movement as if making sure and she gave a gentle sigh. He could feel her breath caressing his neck and turned his head to meet her softly parted lips, as his hand further explored her delectable curves, his hangover now quite forgotten.

She had stayed with him the whole day, making sure his recovery was complete, and they had eventually fallen asleep in each others arms. When he woke she had gone and he had been left with the realisation that he didn’t even know her name. He had looked for her over the weeks that followed, but had only a vague memory of what she looked like – and although he tested out half a dozen young curvaceous women, none of whom gave him cause to complain, he couldn’t find the one with the touch he recollected. In the end he had given up his search, partly due to the distraction of his tutor’s daughter who helped him celebrate his exam results, and decided that maybe it had been a whisky-inspired vision after all.



Now, here she was by some strange coincidence standing in front of him.


“How could I forget my nameless angel? Where did you disappear to?”

“I had to get home before my father returned. I left for Italy to study music the next day. I never forgot you though.”

“And now here we are meeting up again after all these years.”

“Yes, here we are.” Her sigh sounded as soft as it ever had.

“Do I have to be suffering a raging headache to earn your ministrations again?”

“I hope not, because I don’t think I can wait for that.” She gave a quick glance around the room, “Nobody would notice if we weren’t here for a while.” A few minutes later they were locked in one of the practice rooms. Despite the intervening years she still had those full curves, and her skin was as soft as he remembered it to be, her touch as therapeutic.

 


#132:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:33 pm


Jack, you bad man! ROFL

Thanks Anonybunny!

 


#133:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:00 am


Dorothy Lawrence!!! I'm shocked! Shocked

Hehehehehehehe! Laughing

 


#134:  Author: TorriLocation: County Durham/Connecticut PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:08 am


Heee! I am perhaps worriedly impressed by Jack's stamina, creativity and variety.

He clearly learnt that variety was the spice of life ;)

And just who is Jo's admirer?! *is excited*

 


#135:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:52 am


I've lost colunt, and he probably has as well!

 


#136:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:57 am


All these women do seem to be discreet! I'm surprised the other staff don't notice each time he disappears with one of their number - after all they know what he is like!

Thank you Anonybunny!

 


#137:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:29 am


Hurrah for Dorothy Lawrence, glad she had more fun that just striking up jolly marches!!

Thanks Mr Bunny Very Happy

 


#138:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:39 am


Laughing Thanks Anonybunny

Liz

 


#139:  Author: RobinLocation: London PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:50 am


Laughing Laughing

thanks Anonybunny!

 


#140:  Author: JustJenLocation: waiting for a bus PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:31 pm


[/quote]All these women do seem to be discreet! I'm surprised the other staff don't notice each time he disappears with one of their number - after all they know what he is like!
Quote:


Nay, they sit in the staff room and compare notes!

 


#141:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:25 am


Perhaps there's a secret society....

 


#142:  Author: SophoifeLocation: down under Down Under PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:45 am


How secret would the society be, Cath?

Thanks again Anonybunny!

 


#143:  Author: EmilyLocation: Land of White Coats and Stethoscopes. PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:25 am


Just a secret from Joey! Maybe that's why they all tolerate her so well Wink

 


#144:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:08 pm


I am never going to look at Staff scenes in the same way!!!!!

thanks AB!


Last edited by francesn on Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:16 pm; edited 1 time in total

 


#145:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:10 pm


Do they all sit there and wonder who else he's slept with?

 


#146:  Author: RobinLocation: London PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:08 pm


i'm surprised that he hasn't caught anything nasty and passed it round the entire staff room.... Shocked Wink

 


#147:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:22 pm


Jack and Jo returned to Canada for Christmas. The air outside was crisp and cold, but Jack met Sheila walking in the park one afternoon and they found ways to keep warm despite the freezing temperatures.


Jennifer Clements was a spoilt young lady who knew what she wanted and inevitably got it. She wanted Jack Maynard the moment she set eyes on him, and did not object when she got more than she bargained for with the arrival of a bouncing baby boy that January. Jack contributed to the cost of a nursemaid (painstakingly selected from three candidates after a rigorous interview process) for his son, who also helped care for the twin daughters born to Jennifer’s maid a few weeks later.


Late one night after visiting Jennifer’s cook and confirming that she was suffering from morning sickness, Jack stopped off on his way home to assess his lifestyle. Four children within the one household – children whom he might never see again once he returned home. He cradled his beer in his hands as he thought about his life. Maybe he should have been content with fewer women. What if he limited himself in the future – Anna would always be there, and Amy Thirlbeck was certain to welcome him again when they got back to Plas Gwyn, and the anaesthetic nurse at the San was certain to be willing to renew their acquaintance, and perhaps Ivy Stephens or Cecily Armitage – it was difficult to choose between them.


At this point his ponderings were interrupted by a call of ‘Last Orders’ he downed his beer and made his way to the bar for another drink. The barmaid gave him an admiring smile as she served him, which he responded to automatically as he paid her, then returned to his table. Shortly after all the customers had been served, she came and sat in the seat opposite his.

“It’s throwing out time soon.” she told him, casually reaching for his glass and taking a sip.

“I won’t be much longer,” replied Jack, his fingers caressing hers as he slid the glass from her hand.

“Well… unless you want to be locked in?” under the table her foot found his.

“I’ve not been locked in before.” Jack replied as her foot slid up his calf, “it would be a new experience for me.”

“I’ve heard that new experiences are very good for you.” she took another sip of his drink, her eyes not leaving his. “Think about it,” she added as she slipped out of the seat and returned to her duties.

Jack did think about it. He must have been temporarily mad, actually considering restricting his experiences! He decided to stay for lock up, and sat quietly in his corner as the other drinkers left. Finally the last of them had gone, the barmaid shot the bolt and carrying fresh drinks came and sat on the bench next to Jack.

“Nobody else is here,” she told him. Jack tugged her along the bench and onto his lap.

“So what do you do when you’re locked in then?” he asked, his roaming hands indicating that he had a reasonably accurate idea.

“What do you think?” she asked, her lips hovering over his.

“This,” said Jack, meeting her lips, “This” he added a moment later making full use of the length of the bench. “This…” He continued to demonstrate and neither of them noticed the tinkling of glass as their drinks fell to the floor.

 


#148:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:53 pm


ROFL ROFL ROFL

I don't think he's even used the line of 'Trust me I'm a Doctor'.

His willpower may be low but most of them throw themselves into his arms, don't they Shocked

SLOC indeed!

 


#149:  Author: aitchemelleLocation: West Sussex PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:38 pm


LMAO thank you anonybunny!!! Laughing Laughing

 


#150:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:27 pm


Can't believe he even considered changing his lifestyle! Laughing












Oh, and the next bit is very good too! Twisted Evil

 


#151:  Author: LizzieLocation: A little village on the Essex/Suffolk border PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:39 pm


Brilliant. High points for me so far, the Mary-Lou moment. And the "wild, wonderful night" with none other than MADAME. Genius. My compliments to the wordsmith.

 


#152:  Author: TorriLocation: County Durham/Connecticut PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:24 pm


Four children with the one house!!

*quickly dismisses bad, bad thoughts of incest*

*doesn't even attempt to consider the amount of children Jack could have elsewhere*

Great as usual! Heee!!

 


#153:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:33 am


Thanks Anonybunny Laughing

Poor Jack - how could he possibly decide between all his women!

Liz

 


#154:  Author: CathLocation: Cornwall PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:57 pm


ROFL ROFL ROFL Thank you Anonybunny, excellent!

 


#155:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:12 pm


*g* God forbid he'd think of giving up women!! Shocked Wink

thanks bunny Laughing

 


#156:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:20 pm


LOL have just read this entire drabble in one sitting this morning! (Ah, dearest procrastination...) Fantastic. Myself, I'm thinking that Jo will turn out to be having a lesbian affair here and that's who the letters are from.

 


#157:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:48 pm


Róisín wrote:
Myself, I'm thinking that Jo will turn out to be having a lesbian affair here and that's who the letters are from.


Exactly what I thought.....was quite tempted by the thought of Hilda really

 


#158:  Author: KimLocation: Tipperary, Ireland PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:44 pm


francesn wrote:
Róisín wrote:
Myself, I'm thinking that Jo will turn out to be having a lesbian affair here and that's who the letters are from.


Exactly what I thought.....was quite tempted by the thought of Hilda really


Frances - Lesley will not be pleased with you - goodness knows what cliff she'll drop you over in Dilemma Shocked

 


#159:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:36 pm


francesn wrote:
Róisín wrote:
Myself, I'm thinking that Jo will turn out to be having a lesbian affair here and that's who the letters are from.


Exactly what I thought.....was quite tempted by the thought of Hilda really


Mollie Maynard would be better...

 


#160:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:36 pm


Having resolved his momentary doubts, Jack continued to live his life to the full. The following day he met Alicia Robinson on the bus, and furthered his acquaintance with her for some time. He also learnt something about the native Indian way of life from Silver Peshanit.


Susie Grant also helped Jack overcome his doubts about restraining his lifestyle. She was a young woman who believed in living life to the full and making the most of her parents’ absence on holiday. The companion employed as a chaperone was willing to turn a blind eye to Jack’s activities with Susie provided she received equal treatment, a demand Jack conceded to without demur.


“We’ve had a lovely time here in Canada, haven’t we.” said Jo to Jack as they prepared to depart. “The twins have been born here, Margot is so much better, Madge has become her old self again, and it’s been wonderful to catch up with Shiena and Bette and Corney Flower – I mean van Alden – hasn’t it?”

“Yes, it certainly has,” replied Jack with a satisfied smile his wife didn’t see.

“But I’m glad to be going home. I’ve missed everyone there.” Jo gave a sigh, and Jack wondered if she was thinking about her adoring correspondent. Then he thought of all the people he would be glad to see again – Olivia, Rosalie, Trudy, Dorothy, Myfanwy, Kerstin… – and those he would miss from Canada – Susie, Ursula, Jennifer, Alicia, Louisa… and gave a matching sigh. Then he gave a smile – they were good memories and he had bid each one of them a fond farewell. He had just had one night left in Canada and he knew whom he wanted to spend that with.

Once Jo was soundly asleep, Jack and Anna made their last night in Canada a night to remember.



Home sweet Home. It was good to be back. The Maynard family soon settled back into Cartref. Jack enjoyed his reunions with old friends, the opportunity to make some new ones and the chance to deepen his acquaintance with somebody he’d known, but never noticed, for years.


The Chalet School staffroom was empty. Jack selected a chair and sat down, hoping he wouldn’t have to wait long to see somebody. He knew nobody was expecting him, but maybe Dorothy (either of the Dorothy’s in fact) would have some free time. He looked up expectantly as the door opened.

“Jack.” the mistress nodded a cool greeting as she entered the room and sat down at her desk. “Are you waiting for somebody?” She didn’t seem to be particularly interested in hearing his answer, as her head was immediately bent over a pile of marking. Having nothing better to do, Jack sat and studied her. Her hair was sleek and glossy; as she leant over the books, the nape of her neck was exposed, an expanse of long smooth skin that invited a caress. She dropped her pen on the floor and bent to pick it up, giving Jack a tantalising glimpse of creamy skin hidden in the shadows of her neckline. As she straightened, she felt, rather than saw, the direction and intensity of his gaze and affected not to notice, although a flush came to her cheeks. She returned to her books in silence, and Jack continued his survey. Beneath the folding desk he could see her slender legs, crossed at the ankle. His gaze travelled back up and focused on her full lips; just now she was biting the lower one in an attempt to concentrate. Jack decided it was more than time he took an interest in Maths.

Before long, they had left the staff room to find somewhere quiet, where Jack was given a personal tutorial in quadratics.



N.B. Definition of quadratics in the Penguin English Dictionary: in mathematics, relating to the power of two, or involving one or more terms of this but no higher power.

 


#161:  Author: LizBLocation: Oxon, England PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:53 pm


Laughing Laughing

Thanks Anonybunny

Liz

 


#162:  Author: TorriLocation: County Durham/Connecticut PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:01 pm


*giggles helplessly* Laughing

Thanks Anonybunny Very Happy

 


#163:  Author: RroseSelavyLocation: Oxford, UK PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:33 pm


Róisín wrote:
I'm thinking that Jo will turn out to be having a lesbian affair here and that's who the letters are from.


Yup, I thought that too!

 


#164:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:01 pm


francesn wrote:
Róisín wrote:
Myself, I'm thinking that Jo will turn out to be having a lesbian affair here and that's who the letters are from.


Exactly what I thought.....was quite tempted by the thought of Hilda really


Hmmmmmmm.



Anon, this is just as funny the second time! Laughing Twisted Evil

 


#165:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:50 am


Welcome to the gloating, Lesley Wink Laughing

Thanks Bunny - Looking forward to the Platz Wink
*wonders idly if anyone will guess who Joey's having an affair with?*

 


#166:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:41 pm


Thanks Mr Bunny!!!

Im looking forward to seeing Lesley's application!! (as promised) Wink

 


#167:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:41 am


Laughing Laughing

More please Anonybunny!

 


#168:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:22 pm


*Joins chant for moooooore!*

 


#169:  Author: JodiLocation: Glasgow most of the time PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:59 pm


MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE! Please!
Have just read this is one go, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to read any of the books in the same way....
Anonybunny, you ROCK!

 


#170:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:11 am


As promised (and reminded) here is the selected gloater application. There was an extremely high calibre of response and after shortlisting, the final decision was made by dipping. Ibble Obble if you must know which dip.

Lesley wrote:
Hi Anon,

Would be very interested in position - as to my qualifications -

1. Have beta read a number of items before including a number of Rachael's drabbles as well as some posts for publication and parts of Lisa_T's book.

2. Am extremely good at gloating - so much so I have been in a number of Uto's scenarios!

3. Hope I can help with the inspiration process - I have had a few ideas myself! Wink

 


#171:  Author: TorriLocation: County Durham/Connecticut PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:11 am


I got all excited, thinking it was an update then! *g*

This is why I never used to read WiPs until I ended up on this board Smile

 


#172:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:51 am


My apologies to anyone who finds the images conjured towards the end of this installment disturbing. They were the brain-child of the smutqueen. Twisted Evil


Jack flew out to Switzerland the next week to check on the progress of the San there, and to look for a suitable plot of land to build a house on. Die Haus unter die Kiefern provided him with a room stay in, and Grace Nalder undertook to see to his every comfort. The inspections of the San’s progress, carried out with the assistance of the foreman’s wife, were quite satisfactory and, after lingering in Interlaken for an extra night with Roselyne, a young Swiss woman who struck up a conversation with him on the train down from the platz, Jack returned to Carnbach.


Jack had never found simultaneous equations so fascinating, and returned often for more coaching throughout the first half of that term. Although it was not intended, the sessions also covered multiplication, as he discovered a few weeks later.


“Jack?”

“Hmmmmmm…” Jack was preoccupied with calculating the angle of her knee.

“Jack, I need to talk to you.”

Jack sighed and abandoned his practical methods. “I’m listening.”

“Jack, I think I’m going to be very busy soon.”

“That’s a shame, I was hoping you could show me some more of that advanced maths. When will you have some time again?”

“Not like that – I mean busy.”

“Oh!” understanding dawned and Jack looked at her. “Are you alright?

“I’m fine, I’m going to have to leave the school of course, but I don’t expect anything from you.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’ve always wanted to have my own child, but never wanted to get married. The idea of settling down with a man for the rest of my life just doesn’t appeal to me. Thanks to you, I shall have the child. But I will have to resign from here. I shall say I have a better post with chance of promotion in another school.”

“And you really don’t want anything from me?”

“Only the one thing I’ve always wanted from you.”

Jack gave her what she asked for.



Later, Biddy O’Ryan told him how Pam Slater had announced she wasn’t going to come to Switzerland with the school.

“‘Tis meself thinking she must be mad to miss it. ‘twill be the most exciting thing in the world.” she finished.

“Well, maybe the second most exciting,” she amended breathlessly, as Jack successfully challenged her statement.



Jack’s search for a plot of land to build a new home for the Maynard family on the platz was not very successful. Although repeated trips were spent pleasantly in the company of the postmistress of the Gornetz village, no suitable place was found.

Jack instructed an agent to continue the search for him while he returned to Wales. He had barely got back, when he got a message asking him to go to the school to see a case in the San.


“Jack, I am glad you could come over, I need you in the San quite urgently.” So Matey greeted him crisply and led him briskly into the isolation room. Jack looked around its bare whiteness.

“What’s the problem?” he asked, surprised not to see a patient in the bed. “I thought it was a matter of urgency?” Hearing a rustle of starch behind him, he turned around to see Matron removing her apron. “Matron?”

“It is urgent. I am a woman with urgent needs.” she said, hanging the apron on the back of the chair and unbuttoning her uniform. Jack stood still, hardly able to believe what he was seeing, as the uniform was removed to reveal a red leather corset and suspenders. As he continued to stand and stare, she reached into a cupboard and a moment later a whip cracked. “I said URGENT.”

“Matron?” asked Jack again, even as he obediently shed his shirt and reached to investigate the suppleness of the leather, while his lips met hers with an insistence that caused the whip to fall from her fingers as their urgency mounted and would not be denied.



Matey, Jack discovered over the following few weeks, was not as starchy as she appeared. Underneath the crisp, white exterior was a completely different woman. For the first time, Jack felt the awe that she inspired in all the pupils and staff. Of course, when she ordered him to bed, it was in rather different circumstances, but he certainly did not feel inclined to disobey. She also used different methods to keep him in bed, although to be fair, she did take her turn at being handcuffed.

 


#173:  Author: TorriLocation: County Durham/Connecticut PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:09 am


*is very scared*

*still wants more*

 


#174:  Author: CathyLocation: Sydney, Australia PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:39 am


Wipes biscuit crumbs off the screen, while recovering from coughing fit.

I will never look upon Matey the same way again!

 


#175:  Author: Miss DiLocation: Newcastle, NSW PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:27 am


Shocked I always knew there was something about Matey!

 


#176:  Author: LadyGuinevereLocation: Leicester PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:34 am


Shocked

I suppose that explains a few things! Smile

 


#177:  Author: AllyLocation: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:28 am


Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

Matey!!! Norty Matey!!

 


#178:  Author: francesnLocation: away with the faeries PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:06 am


MATEY!!!!

*is mentally scarred*

more please!

 


#179:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:39 pm


I LOVE the way you’ve done Biddy! I giggled like crazy over the ‘busy... no...busy...’ bit. Oh my god, I’ll never be able to read about Matey again without thinking of the whip. No wonder they’re all scared of her...

 


#180:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:51 pm


Beginning to wonder if there will be agrown woman in England or Switzerland who hasn't felt Jack's magic touch.

 


#181:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:29 pm


Jennie wrote:
Beginning to wonder if there will be agrown woman in England or Switzerland who hasn't felt Jack's magic touch.


Whistles innocently...... Twisted Evil

 


#182:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:07 pm


Lesley Ann Green, words fail me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 


#183:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:18 pm


Jennie wrote:
Lesley Ann Green, words fail me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Why? What have i done? Shocked

 


#184:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:36 pm


Lesley wrote:
Jennie wrote:
Lesley Ann Green, words fail me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Why? What have i done? Shocked


ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

Do tell, Lesley Wink

 


#185:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:47 pm


*giggles wildly*


Annonybunny, I've missed this SO much!!!!!

 


#186:  Author: JustJenLocation: waiting for a bus PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:55 pm


MATEY???????
runs away......

 


#187:  Author: SandraLocation: Oxfordshire PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:53 pm


Matey - eugghhhhh..... That is slightly more than my imaginings will allow - very funny though.

 


#188:  Author: LizzieLocation: A little village on the Essex/Suffolk border PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:27 pm


You do realise that I'll never be able to read these books in the same way EVER again, don't you? Only the other day I was flicking through Exile and came to the SLOC moment and caught myself thinking "...but it was only a bet!" And then I came to my common or garden sense. But no thanks to you, Anonybunny...

 


#189:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:07 pm


Damn! Missed a prime gloating opportunity! Evil or Very Mad

Ah well, the next bit's very good too. Wink Wink

cheers bunny, old chap Laughing

 


#190:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:31 pm


Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

It's so wrong.

bawling

 


#191:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:35 pm


Congratulations to Anonybunny for having the most-read drabble in St. Hild's yet, with 10,000+ views!! *party*

 


#192:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:39 pm


Josie wrote:
Damn! Missed a prime gloating opportunity! Evil or Very Mad

Ah well, the next bit's very good too. Wink Wink

cheers bunny, old chap Laughing


Agrees with Josie Laughing

 


#193:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:19 am


MATEY!!!!!!!!

Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
ROFL ROFLROFLROFL

 


#194:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:01 am


Well, if th school ever goes broke, matey at least has a career alternative.... ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

 


#195:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:49 pm


It's getting so that I hardly dare open this thread. Jack didn't treat any of the royal family did he? That really would be a cuckoo in the nest.

 


#196:  Author: EmmaLocation: Lichfield/Sutton Coldfield PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:09 pm


I've just read through the entire thread and it's been brilliant the whole way through, thanks Anonybunny!!! Smile

I won't be able to look at the CS books and especially Jack and Matey in the same way again!!! Smile

Oh, can we have some more soon please Anonybunny!!!!

 


#197:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:24 pm


Shocked Shocked Shocked
Wheres Pims desk when we need it?
*hides under bed*

 


#198:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:38 pm


A message saying a possible house had been found had Jack flying back out to Switzerland again. By coincidence, an old friend, Tina Findlay was on the flight, and the journey passed quickly as they caught up with one another.

Once on the platz, Jack went to see the pension that was for sale, the owner having inherited some money had decided to shut down the business and travel the world for a while. She showed Jack round the empty building, ending with the ballroom saying as she entered the room “You will find there’s a marvellous view in here.” The Jungfrau certainly was worth seeing, but, Jack considered, not as magnificent as the view afforded by her low-cut neckline, which also had the advantage of being much more accessible …


“It is a good house?” asked Anna, when he described it to her later. “There is lots of room for … privacy?”

“Plenty of room.” Jack assured her. “Did you have anything particular in mind that you needed it for?”

“I’m sure you can help me think of something.”

“Let’s put our minds to it shall we?” They seemed to come up with some ideas, although, it wasn’t their minds that were subsequently occupied.



It was one set of farewells after another, thought Jack, as he made his way around Carnbach before his departure, taking leave of his lady friends. Any sense of loss he felt, however, was soon forgotten in the rapturous welcome he received from Myfanwy on his return to Plas Gwyn. Of course, he would soon be leaving there as well, but not before Llewelyn proudly announced he was to be a father again.


Even with all the arrangements for moving, both from the San and from Plas Gwyn, Jack managed to find time to establish new associations among the local women. Making the arrangements for Daisy’s wedding introduced him to Mrs Pugh, the church organist. Jack offered his assistance, turning the pages for her while she rehearsed at home, and by the time the wedding came, she was completely familiar with the score. The wedding day dawned bright and sunny. As Jo rushed around manically, trying to make sure everything was ready, and Daisy prepared herself for her big day, Jack made his way to the village hall to make sure the decorations were all in place and to check on the food, which was being organised by a Delphine’s, a caterer from Armiford. He found both the food and Delphine to be entirely satisfactory.


Laurie Rosomon had some very charming relatives, he discovered, during the course of the reception. One lady in particular had been rather upset by a put-down from Len after praising the triplets’ looks and Jack had had to take her somewhere quiet and spend quite some time soothing her ruffled feathers.


After the wedding there was a rush of farewells, one of the hardest of which, was to say goodbye to Robin. Jack had a long conversation with her one night, after Jo had gone to bed.


“Are you sure about becoming a nun, Robin?” asked Jack one evening, while Jo was bathing the twins.

“Oh, yes, I’ve thought about it for a long time and I am very sure.”

“Won’t you miss out on a lot of things?”

“What sort of things?”

“Well, family for example.”

“But I have you and Jo and the children, and Madge and Jem – you won’t stop being my family. And then the sisters, they’ll be a new family for me too. I won’t be short of people to love.”

“There’s different kinds of love though Rob.”

“I know. But this is what is right for me.” she paused. “You know how you love women?” Jack looked up sharply at this.

“Yes,” he said guardedly, wondering how much she knew.

“How it’s all-consuming, you can’t imagine your life without them?”

“Yes,” said Jack, realising with a start that she was aware of his activities.

“Well that’s how I feel about God. There’s nothing and nobody more important in my life, and I want to dedicate my life to him, just as you want to dedicate your life to loving women.”

“Robin, you don’t think, you won’t…” Jack wasn’t quite sure how to ask the question.

“I’m not going to interfere, Jack” answered Robin, “how you live your life and your marriage is between you and Jo and your conscience. Just make sure you’re doing what you really want to do with it,” she looked at him and he nodded “and please, promise me you won’t hurt Jo.”

“I have no intention of hurting Jo.” Jack assured her. “I love her and the children too, it’s just…”

“I understand,” Robin said gently. “I know you may not think it from the choice I made for my life, but I know it’s different for different people. And I’m not judging you, or Zephyr.” She added, giving away to Jack where she’d got her information from.

“Thanks Robin.” Jack smiled at her and for a moment she understood what her friend had seen in him, then he was just her guardian and older brother again.

 


#199:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:59 pm


Nice to see this again. Laughing

 


#200:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:22 am


Mrs Pugh! Laughing Laughing

This is fab as ever, thanks Anon! I wonder if Jack will ever meet a woman he *isn't* attracted to?!

 


#201:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:53 am


Lesley wrote:
Nice to see this again. Laughing


Reads very well second time around, doesn't it? Laughing

*rubs hands in glee and giggles to self about Jack's upcoming women - one in particular*

*wonders idly again if anyone's had further thoughts about Joey's affair*

 


#202:  Author: Catherine_BLocation: Oxford, UK PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:22 am


Shocked

ROFL

Rolling Eyes

 


#203:  Author: LadyGuinevereLocation: Leicester PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:24 am


I thought it was going to be him and Robin for a moment! And I was Shocked

*giggles*

 


#204:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:51 pm


Zephyr Burthill, I assume?

If Robin knows, I wonder who else does? Shocked

 


#205:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:53 pm


Josie wrote:
*rubs hands in glee and giggles to self about Jack's upcoming women - one in particular*


Yes, must admit I'm looking forward to that one too! Laughing Twisted Evil

 


#206:  Author: JoyfulLocation: Manchester PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:46 pm


hooray, good for Robin!
glad she has sense and commitment Smile

 


#207:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:59 pm


Well, at least he had the sense to leave the Robin alone.

 


#208:  Author: CathLocation: Cornwall PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:34 pm


LadyGuinevere wrote:
I thought it was going to be him and Robin for a moment! And I was Shocked



Ditto! ROFL Thanks Anonybunny!

 


#209:  Author: AlexLocation: Hunts, UK PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:03 pm


Thanks Anonny... for leaving Robin out of it!

 


#210:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:15 pm


Lesley wrote:
Josie wrote:
*rubs hands in glee and giggles to self about Jack's upcoming women - one in particular*


Yes, must admit I'm looking forward to that one too! Laughing Twisted Evil


Two gloaters Shocked Shocked

UTO, where are you?

 


#211:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:18 pm


I thought it was Robins choice!

 


#212:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:49 pm


Oh, I'm SO glad Jack didn't have his wicked way with Robin!

 


#213:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:13 pm


Ann wrote:
Oh, I'm SO glad Jack didn't have his wicked way with Robin!


Are you really?! Don't ye even a little bit want to see the shine taken off her halo and a little corruption creep in...? Laughing

 


#214:  Author: LizzieLocation: A little village on the Essex/Suffolk border PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:46 pm


I kind of did. But not.

Miss Annersley, more so.

Maybe a Parisian fling with Simone? Was she in Paris then?

Hmmmm....

 


#215:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:30 am


Nice to see Robin and Jack reach an understanding as it were. And it won't hurt Jack to know that there is someone who knows all about him!

 


#216:  Author: ChairLocation: Kent, England PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:42 pm


I have just read this from start to finish. I can't believe all the affairs Jack had. I don't think I'll be able to read the books in the same way either after reading this drabble. I'm glad Jack didn't seduce Robin - it would be practically incest.

 


#217:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:22 pm


*Sends Anonybunny some wine and chocolates as a bribe to write more*
Wink

 


#218:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:46 pm


*Signs Mia's card*
Moo-ooore Exclamation

 


#219:  Author: JustJenLocation: waiting for a bus PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:47 pm


please update bunny...

 


#220:  Author: EmmaLocation: Lichfield/Sutton Coldfield PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:23 pm


*also adding to the requests!!!* Please may we have some more of this soon, please pretty please! Very Happy

 


#221:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:30 pm


Mia wrote:
*Sends Anonybunny some wine and chocolates as a bribe to write more*
Wink

But where do we send them? Twisted Evil

 


#222:  Author: ChairLocation: Kent, England PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:01 am


nikkie wrote:
Mia wrote:
*Sends Anonybunny some wine and chocolates as a bribe to write more*
Wink

But where do we send them? Twisted Evil


I can just see it now. Nikkie phones up the company she is ordering the wine and chocolates from.

Nikkie: Can I order some wine and chocolates please?

Company: What is the name and address please?

Nikkie: I don't have an address for the person and the only thing I know about her name is that she is called Anonybunny.

 


#223:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:57 am


Then[] try explaining a GO board to the poor people. They'd either ignore it, or send in the men in white coats.

 


#224:  Author: ChairLocation: Kent, England PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:53 pm


What is a GO board, please?

 


#225:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:00 pm


Girls' Own, I think.

 


#226:  Author: AlexLocation: Hunts, UK PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:09 pm


Anonny, where are you?

 


#227:  Author: AnnLocation: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:10 am


Jennie wrote:
Then[] try explaining a GO board to the poor people. They'd either ignore it, or send in the men in white coats.


Ooh, doctors...! Wink

 


#228:  Author: RobinLocation: London PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:33 am


Ann wrote:
Jennie wrote:
Then[] try explaining a GO board to the poor people. They'd either ignore it, or send in the men in white coats.


Ooh, doctors...! Wink


go on someone, try it, just to see....!!

 


#229:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:22 pm


Afetr you, Robin.

 


#230:  Author: nikkieLocation: Cumbria PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:09 pm


Ann wrote:
Jennie wrote:
Then[] try explaining a GO board to the poor people. They'd either ignore it, or send in the men in white coats.


Ooh, doctors...! Wink

Thats one way to meet a doctor but I'm not sure the CS would approve!
Anonybunny-have the treats not arrived?

 


#231:  Author: AnonybunnyLocation: Behind closed doors PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:43 am


The treats have arrived at last. Thankyou.


Jack went on to the Gornetz Platz ahead of his family. He had some arrangements to make at the, now finished and functional, San. Phil Graves had joined the team, and Jack had been delighted when his sister, Helen, had also been persuaded to come out to the Platz. He was looking forward to furthering his acquaintance with her, when the opportunity arose.


In the meantime, he had to go and meet Jo and the family at the station at Basle and take them to Frieda’s where he had arranged for them to stay the night. It was a squash fitting them all in Frieda’s tiny apartment – Anna had to sleep in a room that was little more than a cupboard, but he managed to cram in there for a brief time after everybody else was asleep. It was a brilliant suggestion of Frieda’s that Jo and the younger children should stay there a couple of extra days while Jack, the older children and Anna went out to the platz. Of course, it would mean Jack could no longer spend idle hours with Karen, but given the choice, he preferred Anna’s company. While Hilda and other members of staff kept an eye on the children at school, Jack showed Anna around the house. It would take a while to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of all the rooms, but by the time Jack had to return to Basle to collect Jo, Mike and the twins, they had managed to cover the top two floors in great detail.


Jack drove down the mountain on Sunday afternoon it was very late when he finally arrived in Basle. Rather than disturb the von Ahlen household, he checked into a hotel for what was left of the night, although after encountering a hausfrau in the lift he didn’t get much sleep. He was feeling bright-eyed and refreshed however, when he arrived to pick up Jo early in the morning. They made a good journey back, stopping for lunch in Berne, although not at the restaurant where Jack had dallied with the pretty chef’s assistant after stopping for his evening meal the previous day, and soon they were on the platz. Jo was looking round her new home with many exclamations of surprise and delight. In the meantime, the removal men started to bring in the furniture, including a new bed that had arrived for Anna, her previous bed having broken after a particularly strenuous night shortly before Jack had left England. Anna laid claim to a bedroom reached from the kitchen below and was well away from the master and children’s bedrooms. Now that Rosli had come to join the household, she would no longer need to attend to the children at night and could rest (or otherwise) undisturbed.


The night was spent at the school. The following morning Jack was awoken as Jo got up and slipped out of the room. As soon as he was sure she was not returning he left their bed and sought Anna’s to wish her good morning before he headed over to their new home to help with the unpacking and shifting of furniture. By that night they were settled in their new home. Jack had been summoned to the San to deal with a new case and had missed much of the unpacking. After he had returned and they had all settled down to sleep he was disturbed again as the telephone rang out insistently and he rolled out of bed to answer it.

“Dr Maynard?” a voice asked, and on being answered in the affirmative. “I’m sorry to bother you so late doctor, but there’s a complication we need you here to deal with.”

Jack didn’t wait to hear more, he pulled on his clothes and was soon on his way to the San. After seeing the patient and administering some stronger drugs, he went to discuss the situation with Helen Graves, who was in charge of him.

“Thank you doctor, I’m sure we’ll be able to see to that.” She told him when he had finished outlining the treatment requirements.

“I hope it’s all clear,” said Jack

“Absolutely.” She answered. “If I ever need clarification, I will ask you.” She smiled up at him, “otherwise, please be assured that I am always ready to administer any treatment you ask for.” Jack was thrilled by the meaning in her look. He had been flirting with Helen on and off for sometime and it looked like this night might bring that to a culmination. He had just taken a step closer to her when there was a knock on the door. He stepped back in resignation, but not before he had seen the anticipation flicker across her face and the promise of what might be on another occasion.



Frank Peters had been at the San with one of his patients that night, and hearing Jack was there had sought him out for a chat. He was full of gratitude to Jack for his assistance in finding him and Phoebe a child to adopt, and now had a photo of the child who would soon be coming to live with them. Helen Graves ooooh and aaaahed over the picture of the toddler then passed it to Jack. It had been most providential that Phoebe and Frank had been looking for a small child to adopt just as he had received a letter telling him that Lucinda had died. He looked at the photo of his daughter and thought how much like her mother she looked. Lucinda had had the same mischievous smile, the same delicate bone structure as this little mite. Jack was glad to think his daughter was going to a home where she would be loved and cared for after the loss of her mother. He smiled as he remembered those afternoons spent in the caravan she and her brother had been holidaying in. Her brother had been keen on hill-walking, but a twisted ankle had kept Lucinda at home, although it had not prevented her from enjoying other activities. When she arrived, early the following year, Lucy had been named after her mother.


Jack shook his head slightly as he returned to the present, and handed the photo back to Frank with a smile. Then, knowing that he would have to wait for another opportunity with Helen, he headed for home, hoping to see Anna before the family awoke.

Which he certainly did, although not quite as he planned, as he arrived to find Con in the act of climbing down off the porch gable and landing on Anna, while Jo fell backwards off a ladder into a rose bush. It took some time to get everybody sorted and back to bed before he could go and apply lotion to Anna’s bruises and offer her some distraction therapy.

 


#232:  Author: RóisínLocation: Dublin PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:06 pm


Hurrah! *claps hands with glee* Another fantastic installment!

 


#233:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:10 pm


Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing

Thanks again Anon!! Wink

 


#234:  Author: MiaLocation: London PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:18 pm


Yay! I love norty Jack! So pleased the treats worked

Thanks Anony x Laughing Laughing Laughing

 


#235:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:46 pm


What a busy soul he is, when does he sleep?

 


#236:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:49 pm


nikkie wrote:
Mia wrote:
*Sends Anonybunny some wine and chocolates as a bribe to write more*
Wink

But where do we send them? Twisted Evil


Want a hint? Nah, didn't think so. Twisted Evil

Thanks bunny. Kiss

 


#237:  Author: aitchemelleLocation: West Sussex PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:50 pm


Thank you Anonybunny! Nice to catch up with the doctors latest conquests!

 


#238:  Author: patmacLocation: Yorkshire England PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:55 pm


Great as ever, Annony. You did say you were keeping count, didn't you?

 


#239:  Author: LesleyLocation: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:53 pm


Josie wrote:
nikkie wrote:
Mia wrote:
*Sends Anonybunny some wine and chocolates as a bribe to write more*
Wink

But where do we send them? Twisted Evil


Want a hint? Nah, didn't think so. Twisted Evil

Thanks bunny. Kiss


Did you guess, Josie, or get told? Laughing

I knew - but I did have an advantage. Wink

 


#240:  Author: JosieLocation: London PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:30 pm


Lesley wrote:
Josie wrote:
nikkie wrote:
Mia wrote:
*Sends Anonybunny some wine and chocolates as a bribe to write more*
Wink

But where do we send them? Twisted Evil


Want a hint? Nah, didn't think so. Twisted Evil

Thanks bunny. Kiss


Did you guess, Josie, or get told? Laughing

I knew - but I did have an advantage. Wink


Kat and I knew before any of this ever got posted! Wink In fact, it's partly our dubious responsibility that it did!!

*is proud really*

 


#241:  Author: ChairLocation: Kent, England PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:27 pm


What is it about Jack that makes him so irresistible to women? Also, how can he be so unfaithful to Joey?

 


#242:  Author: Cath V-PLocation: Newcastle NSW PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:50 am


Scotch, Anonybunny?!

 


#243:  Author: AliceLocation: London, England PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:56 pm


Wonderful Anonybunny, thank you.

 


#244:  Author: Miss DiLocation: Newcastle, NSW PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:57 am


Cath V-P wrote:
Scotch, Anonybunny?!


Isn't Bailey's more of the favoured drink of the board? (offers Baileys and home made brownie)

 




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