and conquest. Sharp drop in quality and quanitity in 1680s, in 1690s again William Congreve’s „Love for Love” and „The Way of the World”. Were softer and more middle-class, different from earlier aristocratic extravaganza, aimed wider audience. Strong middle-class element, to women, war between sexes from intrigue into marriage, marital relations. Sexual explicitness encouraged by Charles II and by the rakish aristocrathic ethos of his court. Socially diverse audience. Crowded and bustling plots, introduction of first professional actresses, rise of first celebrity actors. Plays of Etheridge and Wycherley ar far more characteristic of the hybrid, symmetrical, sexual comedy popular in the reign of Charles II. Dryden: Sir George Etheridge: Man of Mode – the Earl of Rochester as a noisy, witty, intellectual, and sexually irresistible aristocrat. The Comical Revenge: or Love in a Tub
His gaze was unfocused and his mouth grim. His crossed arms betrayed an inherent unease, as if he was out of his element. He looked remote and removed, a man who was inherently alone. He sensed my presence or maybe he felt my yearning. He pivoted; then went very still. I took the opportunity to drink him in, my gaze sliding all over him. He looked every inch the powerful magnate. So sensually handsome my eyes burned just from looking at him. The rakish fall of black hair around his face made my fingers flex with the urge to touch it. And the way he looked at me... my pulse leaped. "Eva." He came toward me, his stride graceful and strong. He caught up my hand and lifted it to his mouth. His gaze was intense-intensely hot, intensely focused. The feel of his lips against my skin sent goose bumps racing up my arm and stirred memories of that sinful mouth on other parts of my body. I was instantly aroused. "Hi."
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