A Mistress

‘For a month you weren’t seen. Busy! ’ ‘A visitor; I gave him company’ ‘Yes, I heard. He must be horrible.’ ‘No, he is fun; he makes me laugh.’ ‘A country man, fatty and old.’ ‘I don’t think he is bad.’ ‘It may be. I don’t appreciate.’ ‘It is funny to move about with him. And find the difference with a stranger.’ ‘A new watch on your hand; How much? ’ ‘I didn’t buy. He presented it; 200 pounds.’ ‘Is it the price for the company you gave? ’ ‘Be it so. Why must you bother yourself? I am happy when I am with you. Aren’t you happy when I’m with you? Let us have a good time where we can. You must take as I am and no more. I take you as you’re without a probe.’ He was a lover and she, his mistress. As such he can only be voiceless.. 06.01.2012 [inspired by a novel by Somerset Moughm.]