Room 2D

Story from Janus 45. Second part of the Balcombe Manor trilogy by R.T. Mason continuing the account of the feminisation of Annabel Filton from  Janus 44 . Deep in the leafy countryside, behind its high protective walls, Balcombe Manor basks in the languor of a drowsy English summer afternoon. The sun is shining out of a clear blue sky and it would be too hot if it weren’t for the gentle breeze which is keeping the air pleasantly fresh. The four young women, Mrs Blackett’s pupils, are in the garden for their Tranquillity Period, in the rose garden beneath a magnificent Albertine rose from which pink petals now and then fall gently down. ‘You’ve some petals on your hat,’ Felicity tells Annabel. ‘But leave them; leave them for your husband. His rose adorned with rose petals; isn’t that poetic.’ Annabel smiles. All four young women, as usual, are wearing wide-brimmed hats against the sun and are in calf-length dresses of an elegan

From Janus 44. First part of the Balcombe Manor trilogy by R.T. Mason illustrated by Hardcastle. The discreet sign on the brick pillar at the side of the large iron gates says simply:  Balcombe Manor . A black limousine draws up along the lane which leads from the main road. The uniformed chauffeur gets out, unlocks the gate and then drives through. In the back seat a pretty young woman glances around, her large eyes alert, inquiring. Are they apprehensive too? The chauffeur gets out again to relock the gates and then drives on, wheels crunching softly on the gravel of the driveway as it winds its way through leafy shrubs and stately old trees. Yes, the young woman  is  apprehensive. She is trying not to be and tells herself, as she has told herself ever since it was decided that she was coming here, that there is no  need  to be apprehensive, that in fact she is very fortunate because a stay at Balcombe Manor is not at all che