S’truth, I had grafted in the good branches the year prior, they had seen me do it, it wasn’t magic. They preferred to believe in the miracles of ...ur own lord Matty. The Low Friars basked in reflected glory as well, it was known that all my healing and wisdom was learned from them.One of my first enactments as the new Earl was to sponsor a copy smithing of all the hundreds of manuscripts the Low Friars had amassed as well as the few others to be found. It was slightly impious to neglect copying. My company CEO had put in new computers in all company premises round the country, at the time it was very forward thinking as in the early eighties they were still quite big and prone to problems. Of course we had plenty of teething problems and we needed an IT guy from the manufacturer to fix, back then it was an American manufacturer. Long story short my CEO thought it would be nice for the IT guy to stay with an Aussie and we were it as we had a big home with plenty of spare bedrooms, he. He judged people harshly, especially the lower classes. The old mansion needed plenty of work, but it had been well built and the locals had maintained it ok though it appeared they had used the grand ballroom to store hay!'Just like that type' Ruben grumbled.After a few days, he saw that things were going very well, and Master Berdonne would be very cozy when he moved in. Mr. Berdonne had lived a life of work and service, and had accumulated a respectable fortune independently of his inherited. By the time she was done, I was shivering.“You can go naked the rest of the night. Check on supper, wash out your uniform for tomorrow and draw a bath for me.” As I turned to go, she reminded me. “Get the paddle back out, too. We will need it later tonight.”Steam rose from the oversized tub as it slowly filled. I poured a generous splash of bath oil under the faucet as Sheila entered the bathroom and peeled off her clothes.In the fifteen years I’d known her I’d never seen Sheila naked. I knew.