Throughout the room were chains and slings and frames of all types – some mounted to the wall, and some free standing. All of it looked truly diabo...ical and if he hadn’t been so exhausted by the day’s events so far, he would have screamed. His perusal of his surroundings was interrupted by the return of Master Clint, the object he had been searching for dangling from his grasp. It was a gag – an iron ring wrapped in leather cord, with two broad leather straps used to secure it to the. Finally Charles had had enough. Throwing down his napkin, he stormed from the room. He wasn’t sure where he was going and he found himself walking around the large house. Finally he headed down towards the kitchen and the servants’ eating area. Head down and not paying attention, he crashed into one of maids, almost knocking her down. ‘Excuse me. Please forgive me,’ Charles said helping her regain her balance. It was then he looked into her face. ‘Kathleen?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ she replied. ‘Kathleen,. I felt an anger growing as the race approached. In hindsight I knew I'd been very close to loving Anita and with time was certain that it would have developed even further. The fact that my sacrifice had been in vain just made matters worse. I took that anger into the race and subconsciously used it as I ran. I turned in easily the best time of my life over the distance and finished in an astonishing thirtieth place and third in our team. Much to the surprise of my fellow team and its. That night me and the girls celebrated, I was about to start work at last next week! Ok as a woman but I kind of liked the idea more and more! The weekend passed quickly and I packed all my new wardrobe into a couple of large suitcases ready for the new start at Hanover House. I was to be dropped off on Sunday evening and was to have dinner with Felicity and her family, my new family! I got dressed that afternoon in pale grey pencil dress with a slash neck design and a slit up the back..