Eirian felt touched that John was concerned for her and the baby. “Here, sit down and let me massage your legs.” Eirian allowed John to lead her over to the blanket and help her be seated. She sat with her legs stretched out in front of her. John knelt facing her and removed her slippers and stockings. He began at her toes and worked his way up massaging her legs to the knees one leg at a time. When he got to the second knee he leaned forward and placed a kiss on her knee. When he felt her shutter at his touch he continued to massage on up her thigh until her reached his true objective. In no time they had managed to rid themselves of their clothes and were rolling around on the blanket scaring off the deer in their ardor. Satiated and relaxed Johane lay on her side with her head on John’s shoulder as he continued to gently run his hands down her back and caressed her back side. “Well Madame, I do not know about you, but I think I have worked up an appetite now. Did we manage to work out your cramps?” “Indeed good sir. I feel just fine, albeit a little hungry after all.” She replied as she reached for her shift. John reached over and stayed her hand saying with a wicked smile, “Let’s be daring and eat as we are.” “What if someone happened upon us?” Eirian said, obviously a little shocked at the idea. “It is a little late to worry about that. I would have been more concerned about someone happening on us a few minutes ago. I think you would have found that a little more embarrassing, especially with the noise we were making. We scared off all the wild life in the vicinity.” John said with a laugh. Eirian opened her mouth to reply, but could find no reply. She simply closed her mouth and blushed profusely. John leaned forward and kissed her on the tip of her nose. “Go ahead and put your shift on if it makes you more comfortable.” He got up and slipped on his breeches without bothering about his shirt, hose, or shoes. He passed Eirian her decidedly low cut shift. In his opinion she looked even more alluring in the shift with her nipples and areola clearly visible through the virtually transparent fabric and her full breast just barely contained from flowing over the top then she did in her naked glory. It held more mystery. They enjoyed their lunch and then stretched out on the blanket and fell asleep, John’s hand slipped inside Eirian’s shift gently caressing her breast and Eirian’s leg intertwined with his. They were awakened sometime later by a somewhat amused cough. John was the first to react, bolting upright and putting himself between the noise and his wife. He relaxed somewhat when he saw who had awakened him. John jumped up tossing his side of the blanket over Eirian’s still sleeping form and grabbed his cousin in a bear hug. “Thomas, what brings you here? God, it’s good to see you again! Where are Gwen and the kids, and how is your father?” John was rattling on a bit in his embarrassment of being caught in such an obviously compromising situation. Thomas was getting perverse pleasure out of seeing John squirm. “My father is doing quite well considering his age. He is really enjoying his grandchildren. I left Gwen and the kids back at your manor when your butler told me you had gone on a picnic. I assumed you would not be by yourself. I was not sure what I would find, but I don’t think this was it.” John had the good grace to blush. He could feel his face burning which only added to his discomfort and Thomas’ amusement. Thomas became suddenly sober “John, Gwen and I were so sorry to hear about Johane. We wish we could have been here. As I wrote you, we were in London on family business, and I did not get the message until it was too late. I know you loved her dearly.” “Thank you. It was a great shock and a tremendous loss.”