A Peculiar State of Affairs

A photo-story from Janus 44 featuring Lucie Martin, who you might recognise from The Scarecrow . That was what Lucie’s mother had said, in highly moralistic tones. ‘A most peculiar state of affairs.’ She had asked Lucie, jokingly, if her new boss fancied her and Lucie had answered, giggling, ‘I think they both do.’ Mrs Martin’s face had quickly assumed a very unjoking look; which perhaps was not surprising when you knew that Lucie’s new employers were man and wife. Lucie decided to shut up. She didn’t really know that Liz Rogers fancied her, it was just some of the looks she got. She told her mother she had been joking and Mrs Martin said it wasn’t a very funny joke. Very soon, of course, things were to happen that Lucie certainly couldn’t tell her mother about. Things that were very peculiar indeed . Liz and Damian Rogers had a smart little boutique and Lucie had been thrilled to get the job working there. She was only 17 a...