Steampunk Sydney: The Governor, His Wife, A Lady-Engineer, … Plus One Harlot.
Thanks to Vampire-vixen for describing the colour palette of a soundly spanked bum
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard George would never become accustomed to mornings in this god-forsaken colony. The squawking cockatoos’ addiction to slumber sundering meant he started every day on the wrong foot. Yawning, he slipped from their four-poster bed, careful not to disturb his more-sanguine wife, who, he’d always imagined, could sleep through anything, even mafficking parrots. However, despite Lady Elizabeth’s eye...