Darrington Hall was an impressive building set in its own grounds and the first in the area to have the new-fangled electric light fitted in some of the larger rooms. Sir Charles Darrington was particularly pleased with himself for that, and as the summer of 1884 turned into autumn he looked forward to outsiders seeing his windows ablaze with its light.
“Come,” Sir Charles looked up as following a timid knock his study door opened and the slight figure Mary, the downstairs chambermaid entered followed by a well-proportioned female.
“If it pleases you, sir, this is the young lady applying for the post of upstairs maid.”
Sir Charles looked past the diminutive servant to the woman standing behind her. “Thank you, Mary, you may go, I will ring when we are finished...come closer young lady.” Sir Charles pointed to a spot in front of the large oak desk that he sat behind.
Sir Charles spent a full minute studying the potential employee standing before him. She was smartly dressed in a floor-length grey skirt, high necked white blouse and a tight-fitting grey jacket. Her blond hair was tied in a tight bun and he found himself wondering what it would look like hanging loose. He also noticed her full breasts were barely contained beneath the blouse.
“Name,” he said, his eyes not leaving her for a second.
“Sarah, Sarah Fisher, if it pleases you, sir,” the young girl stammered. “Applying for the position of upstairs maid sir.”
She moved a step closer and held out a large brown envelope, “my references sir.”
Sir Charles took the envelope from her and removed the neatly written single sheet of paper. Always a man with a punctilious nature, he studied it closely.
“I see you come highly recommended by your previous employer. I know Sir George well and am surprised he is prepared to let you go,” he said replacing the reference in its envelope and passing it back to Sarah's hand. A hand he noticed was visibly shaking and again wondered what the slim white fingers would feel like stroking his hard cock.
“Sir George is now a widower, and moving to his sister's house in Scotland, he will have no need of a maid, if it please you, sir.”
Sir Charles rose from behind the desk and pulled the bell cord beside the fireplace.
Almost at once the study door opened and the maid who had shown Sarah in reappeared in the doorway.
“Mary, Miss Fisher will be joining us on a three-month trial employment, please show her her quarters and explain her duties to her.” Without further ado, he resumed his seat and reaching for a pen made a note in his diary.
The note, written in a neat hand reads, perfect for the next meeting of the club, and beside the note wrote the name, Sarah Fisher.
Sarah followed Mary across the huge entrance hall, past the main staircase, just as an elegant older woman in riding habit came down. Unlike most women of the Victorian era, she wore tight-fitting jodhpurs and tall black boots. A crisp white blouse unbuttoned to show just the right amount of cleavage. Her long black hair rested on her wide shoulders. In her right hand, she held a thin riding crop, which she tapped against her polished boot.
“Who have we here Mary? Her voice was cultured with the slightest trace of a French accent.
Mary bobbed in a slight curtsey, “This is Miss Sarah Fisher, Sir Charles has employed her as an upstairs maid my Lady.”
Sarah looked at the lady of the house, curtsied, “hope I can be of service to you my lady.”
Danielle Darrington raised the crop and placed the tip under Sarah's chin, raising her face stared into her eyes. “Oh, I am sure you can be of more service than you can possibly imagine.”
Sarah stood transfixed; Danielle’s amazing green eyes seemed to see into her very soul. But instead of fear, Sarah felt a thrill pass through her, in what she could only describe as sexual.
“Mary, time for my ride, I will want you to draw me a hot bath on my return,” Lady Darington snapped and turning on her heel headed for the front door.
“Yes, madam, it will be ready for you,” Mary said, and then turning to Sarah added in a whisper. “We all know what sort of ride she will be getting.”
“Sorry, I don't understand,” Sarah looked puzzled.
“The only animal that will be between her legs is going to be John the groom and his donkey's dick,” Mary added with a laugh. “Now let me show you our room,”
By the time they had reached the servant’s quarters, Sarah was hopelessly lost. They seemed to have walked along countless corridors and up endless stairs.
“This is our room, your things go in there,” Mary said pointing to a tall narrow mirror fronted wardrobe.
Sarah let her eyes roam over the small room. Two wardrobes, two dressing tables and a wash basin and jug on a stand. The centre of the room was dominated by a double bed.
Mary smiled as she watched her new roommate take in her surroundings. “I sleep on that side,” she said, tapping the right-hand side. “I don't snore, and in the winter nothing beats a good cuddle,” she giggled.
Once again, Sarah felt a sexual shiver pass through her. She had never slept in the same bed as another woman, but there was something fascinating about the petite figure of her new roommate.
“How many other servants are there?” she asked as she unpacked her small valise. The rest of her belongings were being cared for at the local inn in the village.
“Apart from us, there are three other females, Miss Chambers, she is the housekeeper and runs the office, Mrs Chapman the cook, and Martha the kitchen maid. Then there is Thomas and James the footmen, John the groom, and old Harry the Gardener,” Mary said, counting them off on her fingers. “The only ones living up here with us are James and Thomas, their room is just across the hall. They need to be watched those two, always trying to sneak a look at the likes of you and me when we use the servant bathtub down the hall.”
While Mary was explaining the duties, Sarah was expected to perform other things were taking place in Darrington Hall. Sir Charles was writing two identical letters to friends of his. All three men met on regular occasions either at the hall or one of their residences. Where they could indulge their depraved sexual appetites in ways their wives would never condone. Sir Charles had gone so far as to have a large basement room fitted with various pieces of equipment and devices for him to indulge one of his passions, that of bondage and domination.
Darrington Hall was perfect for his other passion, that of voyeurism. The entire building was a maze of secret passages that ran between the thick walls and several small rooms that adjoined larger ones. Over time Sir Charles had drilled many small eye holes in strategic places in the relevant ones. He could now spy not only on his wife's private room, but also on several of the guest rooms as well. He had spent many happy hours masturbating as he watched house guests fucking in what they thought was privacy.