Like any bonny sailor lad, Jamie has a girl in every port – but he hasn’t met one with an aunt quite like Matilda’s before! She’s uncovered his carousing ways, and her demands are simple – take a caning and get down on one knee, or she’ll never let him near her niece again.
Matilda is deeply hurt by his indiscretions, of course, but there’s certainly something to be said for watching his bottom become as striped as his shirt. She enjoys it so much, in fact, that one cannot help but wonder: has there really been a little bit of Monica in this boy’s life, or is it all a convenient fiction to help her get what she wants?
