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A Peculiar State of Affairs

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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...

The Scarecrow

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Three-part story from Whispers 3 featuring the Janus model Lucie Martin Part 1 - “This is a stick up” ‘What’s this?’ demanded Major Hartnall. ‘Whatever is this? I wasn’t aware we had a  scarecrow  in the house.’ Major Hartnall was of course exaggerating but then it did depend on what you were used to and Toby Hartnall, one could say, was one of the old school, a traditional gentleman. The sight therefore of Annabel entering the dining room for breakfast wearing roughly cut denim shorts and a T-shirt several sizes too large for her trim and shapely form was enough to make him see red. Annabel had been warned, by her mother who had herself been explicitly told by her friend Fiona that Major Hartnall was a bit of a stickler about standards. And if Annabel was to stay with him whilst Susan Barkley went off with Fiona on a weekend trip to Paris, well, Annabel had better watch her P’s and Q’s. Otherwise… ‘Otherwise what...