I have been admonished for taking nine years to write chapter two. i didn't realise it was that long and really it only took a couple of days to write. I have started a new chapter but this may take a bit more time. That is because I spend a long time thinking and writing things in my head before commiting to 'paper'.
Now, one small thing: at the time the story is set the two young cousins were above the age of consent, so no crime has been committed. When the unlovely Margaret Thatcher said we should return to 'Victorian Values' I thought yeah, child prostitution and down trodden women, and death of either mother or child common place. They were different times.