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Gentlemen at Pleasure

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Story from Blushes 21 documenting the f urther exploits of the  elderly rascals  who sit on the committee of the Guardians Club ( The Club Part 1  and  Part 2 ). ‘It was on the train down to Truro, a lovely run as you know on a nice day and this was a real beauty, blue skies all the way. Anyway as it happened I was travelling second class, don’t know why, I rarely do, but if I  hadn’t …’ ‘George!’ said Max sharply. George stopped, eyes querying. ‘You’re going on a bit, George. Could you come to the point?’ ‘Sorry,’ said George who knew he did go on a bit at times. ‘Well, it was the girl of course.’ At the word ‘girl’ the others immediately gave their full attention, because girls were a major interest of this little group assembled. An all-consuming, all-embracing interest it would not be too much to say. Young and softly nubile ones. Budding. George notwithstanding his rambling conversational manner was very much a membe

Lolly

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Story from Blushes 3 Part 1  — Lolly gets a licking ‘A girl from the new estate over by Burnham, Mr Wiggins. Kind of girl who’d get herself into trouble if she were allowed to run amok in her own environment.’ The man from the charitable institution justified the board’s request that the said girl, Lola Patricia Oldwood, might be allowed to take up residence with Mr Wiggins, playing it by the book even though he knew perfectly well what the form actually was. ‘Hmm — I see. Well now, if the board think I might be able to assist —’ Howard Wiggins, donator of substantial sums of money to the charity which his visitor represented, was not aware that word had filtered so far down the pecking order with regard to what role he really played in the ‘rehabilitation’ of these young girls. He, therefore, was playing it by the book too. ‘No room, you see Mr Wiggins — no room at the inn. It would be a matter of sending her off to an approv