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To make up for the blissful day Alice and I had enjoyed yesterday my master seemed determined to work us as hard as possible today, setting both me and Alice an enormous amount of copying and translating as well as ordering me to dig three pits in the afternoon.
In the morning Alice and I sat at the kitchen table, her copying from one book into another and me memorizing Latin verbs.
All through the morning, sat facing each other under my master's furious gaze, Alice and I had occassionally dared to give each other flirtatious looks, basking in our secret kiss.
In the afternoon Mr Gregory had been obliged to retire to his library in order to continue his study of the lives of previous spooks. Leaving Alice at the kitchen table and me in the southern garden, my master set me to work with a measuring rod and shovel.
After around three quarters of an hour I had completed one pit and started on the second. I'd also worked up a thick sweat in the hope of finishing early and getting to spend some time with Alice. Alone it seemed harmless to take my shirt off (having already removed my jerkin.) The breeches were old ones from when I first arrived with Mr Gregory but they still fitted alright although they now hung low, revealing a line of pubic hair.
I continued to dig, working hard, before I sensed that I was being watched. I turned around to see Alice, sat on a fallen tree trunk and smiling at me cheekily. I was suprised but started to dig harder, wanting to show off in front of my audience. Alice was watching me intently and I smirked with pride.
Working furiously I noticed little else but I kept hearing a strange rustling noise and when I next glanced at Alice over my shoulder she looked a little on edge but what really confused me was the way she was rubbing her legs together. Before I could muse on this subject any further, however, I heard my master's voice calling. He sounded gruff uso I left the garden immediately and went straight to the library, leaving Alice sat alone outside.
Stay tuned! Next time the heat is really turned up :P
