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Short stories: Grim tales of Victorian England

by Rick Badman

Created on: August 09, 2010

GOOD EVENING, LOVE

Memories of the Ripper were still fresh and the latest murders of working girls that Scotland Yard wanted to downplay as mere murders by angy clients worried the women who worked the streets and back alleys of London.  

Early one evening, a well-dressed man stopped the hack and got out in front of one of the women of the evening.  He had some boxes in his hands that were obviously clothing cases. 

"Good evening, Love," said one of the women who looked to be in her thirties but more likely a few years younger.  Life in the streets was taking its toll.  But she was still pretty enough to be seen in public. 

"Miss, I need you for tonight to be with me."

"Anything for you, Love.  I trust your money is good."

"Are you interested or not?"

"Sure.  What do you want me to do for you, Love?"

He presented the boxes to her and said, "Put on these clothes and join me at a concert at Covent Garden."

"Anything you say,-"

"And quit saying Love.  This is strictly a business transaction.  Keep me company tonight and you will be paid well.  I might even contract for you in the future."

"Follow me inside," she requested. 

The man turned to the hack driver and handed him a silver coin and told him to wait for them.  He followed the woman into the apartment that was just off of the street.  He sat in a chair as he watched her change her clothes. 

"A gentlemen would turn his head as I change my clothes," she said. 

"Who says I'm a gentleman.  I've been with whores since Oxford days.  Yours is no different than the countless ones I've viewed in the past.  I trust you're not embarrassed."

"Oh no, sir.  I imagine I'll be naked before the evening ends.  These are fine clothes you have chosen for me.  How did you know my size?"

"You look like the same size as a woman I was with last week.  I saw you on the street as I was passing by at the time and decided to try you out this week.  You can act cultured, can't you?"

"I can try.  I may have children.  But I know when to close my legs when I want to abstain from intercourse."

"I always come with protection in case my animal nature overrides my civilized one.  If you please me, I may not go too far sexually.  You may be a whore.  But I trust you have a little self-resepct as a civilized woman."

"I am trying

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