Amongst Women - The Sequel

It seems that Carrie, the author of the wonderful "Amongst Women" and "Rose and Jack" strands of the long-running Stuyvesant Academy saga about the adventures of Jack Swanson, has decided to take a well-earned rest.   Jack's adventures as Elizabeth the maid have attracted an amazing number of followers, so as a regular reader and admirer of this saga, I have agreed the take the story forward into another strand.  I hope I will be able to maintain something approaching Carrie's standard of writing as we follow Jack/Elizabeth through the coming weeks and months.

The final part of "Amongst Women" included a happy scene in which Jack delighted several of Emily Quinn's friends, impressing them all with his portrayal of the pretty young Elizabeth to such an extent that they have all agreed to invest huge sums of money in the establishment of the Stuyvesant Academy's new drama school, of which Jack's mother Gail Swanson is director.   Miss Gloria Havisham, the wealthiest of all these rich and refined ladies, took a special liking to "Elizabeth" when she met him at Emily's get-together, and cannot wait to continue seeing him and perhaps even taking him under her wing as her personal ladies' maid.

Meanwhile, after hearing that these ladies' generous pledges would enable a first-class new drama school to be built, Gail gets down to work planning the design and building of the new school.  This requires her spending most of the next six months away, meeting the finest theatre architects and ensuring that the very best facilities are created for the school's future productions.   Her only concern is to ensure that her son Jack will be well looked after while she is away...

Follow the further adventures of Jack/Elizabeth in the first instalment of "The Heroine of Havisham Hall", due to be posted very soon.

L.G.