He quickly realized that he was at a distinct disadvantage physically and decided on diplomacy as the more favorable course of action. It was while he...was trying to convince me that I had not witnessed his coupling with the young lass that I recognized him as being Sir Alexander Baring, the financier, from a sketch I’d seen in a recent copy of the Times. ‘Mr. Baring, isn’t it?’ I said, deliberately omitting his title. I saw him turn beet red at the slight. Obviously I held an even greater. "You will find that we keep youquite busy. Perhaps you would care to stay awhile?" Sorry, but no. My family and I are headed west but I thank you for youroffer. If I may ask, what was the trouble I just saw?"The man frowns, hefting the whip. "A sorry business, that. One of thewomen in town has been unwilling to accept her lot in life. She has beenagitating among her kind for a change in our society. We are a toleranttown but one can only take so much before needing to restore order. Ihope that. I initiated talks with her, but she was staring blankly with no words coming out of her mouth. She was very attractive, especially with the full-rimmed spectacle she was wearing.I handed her the Dairy milk silk chocolate, which she took and smiled shyly. She opened her mouth and said, “Thank you, this is my favorite one.”I asked her, “Are you comfortable?”She nodded. I asked her, “Are you sure? Do you want to do it?” She lowered her eye contact and nodded.I held her soft skinny hand and led her. Emma claims that I was gone for a span of a week and I have no reason to doubt her and yet, I find it hard to fathom that so many days passed. I can only assume that my wits were sufficiently scrambled by my ordeal. Of what I do recall, the discovery of the swarm upon the cliff’s face, the overwhelming ecstasy that was precipitated by the butterflies’ touch, and the onset of the fierce tempest that followed, during which I took shelter within a crack , I related to the best of my abilities. As.