A Housemaid's Tale

by Thalaba

These are a series of stories centered around the character Mary Reilly and are influenced by both the movie and book. I thought this would be the best category to place it in. Warnings: Sexual content blood play other character involvement.

1. Little Girl Lost

Characters: Mary, Mrs. Swit
Summary:Mary meets her first head maid
Author's Notes: I do not own Mary Reilly, Doctor Jekyll or any other characters created by either Valerie Martin or R.L.Stevenson.

She was such a little child, looking no more than eight though she was almost an adolescent. Her stringy auburn hair was clean, but hanging about her shoulders it merely seemed to emphasize the hallows of her sad brown eyes. The marks upon her throat were red and raw and angry but no such emotions crossed her brow. Her answers were soft and polite as if entering strange homes was nothing new and not worthy of excitement, but when Mrs. Swit dismissed the apple-cheeked nurse sent by the school to escort the child her face fell.

Mrs Swit could not fail to notice and therefore gave the girl a warm smile and offered out her hand.

"You are going to stay here with me for a while Mary. We should get along quite well."

For a moment it seemed her weak chin would disappear into her chest but instead she gave one good nod.

"Yes Ma'am."