Reading the Marquis de Sade
Another snippet from my French Revolution story, which should be released in the next week or two. As the peasant Jean-Claude escorts Cosette to the port city Le Havre, he discovers she has read the work of the Marquis de Sade...
Your blush tells me you know the stories, too. Did you read them, Cosette?”
She swallowed. She tried to say “no,” but the lie stuck in her throat, as she could already see Jean-Claude knew the truth. She sank onto the stool and removed her slippers, ignoring him.
“Why did you read them, Cosette?” He wrapped his large hand around the knot of hair at the back of her head and tugged it so her head fell back. Lowering his lips close to her ear, he said, “Did you want to understand how a man could find pleasure hurting a woman?”
Your blush tells me you know the stories, too. Did you read them, Cosette?”
She swallowed. She tried to say “no,” but the lie stuck in her throat, as she could already see Jean-Claude knew the truth. She sank onto the stool and removed her slippers, ignoring him.
“Why did you read them, Cosette?” He wrapped his large hand around the knot of hair at the back of her head and tugged it so her head fell back. Lowering his lips close to her ear, he said, “Did you want to understand how a man could find pleasure hurting a woman?”
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