Violet, an adept maid of two and twenty, slowly began to peel off her uniform and felt the weight of another day leave her worn body, piece by piece. So many articles of clothing, even for a servant, that it felt like putting on another person's body each day. Then again, maybe it was only due to the season that it felt so stifling. As she loosened her corset stays she felt her bosom fall and rest heavily against her dewy skin. Violet continued downward as she untied her petticoat and let it fall to the floor and stepped out of it with the elegance of a first class lady. Sadly, no one was there to pick up after her, let alone watch.
After she shed her chemise, the final article of clothing, she stood there a moment and embraced the air, however motionless it was. Violet enjoyed these little moments of freedom whenever she could, but it wasn't easy when the servant's quarters weren't the most private. Then again, privacy was not something she worried about. On the contrary, Violet found it almost disappointing when she wasn't caught by someone. Most of the servants were at the summer house with Mrs. James since Mr. James had fewer needs and used less of the city house on his own.
So Violet had been enjoying a room of her own for the last month, but on such occasions as tonight she rather missed having a roommate. Violet turned towards her glass and began to watch herself as she took down her hair. Her thick, wavy tresses began to caress her shoulders, strand by strand, and a spark of excitement shot through her. As she shook out the rest of her mane, her eyes closed and her imagination began to take over. So close had she been to a man's touch earlier, but Violet knew Peter to be too proper to stray from his wife so soon. Besides it wasn't his body she was after, but his gentle hands on her lithe frame. Or anyone's hands really.
Violet had tasted forbidden fruit only once, yet it had awakened something in her that she yearned to explore more. Violet let her mind wander back to her eighteenth spring as she began to brush her ebony locks. The pull of the brush on a tangle took her back to that time before she knew what a man's body looked liked; how bodies felt when intertwined.