Smash Notes
S1E8 - 'The Chalet'
As Belinda's day at the company party continues, the mysterious Duchess takes her to a nearby chalet where things get very racy...
Notes
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At the start of the chapter, Jamie Morton, James Cooper, and Alice Levine stop on the word. One of them pictures beach huts, the wooden sheds on the sand, and is told that is a beach hut, not a chalet. Another thinks of the log cabins at Center Parcs. Another associates a chalet with skiing. They add that James's mother used the word for the garden shed, and that Rocky Flintstone had just built a shed at the bottom of his garden and called it the pavilion, which may be where he writes. The chapter itself is the Duchess taking Belinda off during the company party. The argument happens before anyone reaches the door.
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When the Duchess strips off her riding gear under the shower, Rocky writes that, like Belinda, she is well endowed. Jamie, James, and Alice read that as breasts, the same joke they have made about Belinda all season. The difference he then adds is age. The Duchess's backside shows "fifty-something years," and childbirth has not been kind. So the book pairs them as similarly built women and separates them by age. The hosts are startled that Rocky gives the Duchess an age at all. She is over fifty, a mother, and still the one giving the orders in the chalet.
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In the chalet shower, Belinda whispers thanks while the Duchess's hands are on her. The Duchess frowns, steps out, and picks up the riding crop she had left on the washbasin. Belinda is to address her as "my lady" and nothing else. To make the point, the Duchess flicks the crop across Belinda's right buttock and leaves a red mark. Belinda jumps, grimaces, and says, "Thank you, my lady." The Duchess answers, "That's better, servant." The hosts file the scene under kink and say this chapter feels different from the maze. The required name is "my lady." The crop is how she enforces it.
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Belinda is the subordinate since she is supposed to be the Duchess’ servant. Although, it seems like she is enjoying her time with her so far.
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When Belinda looked around, the room appeared to be a classic motel room with nothing to look at. So, Belinda has no idea where she was.
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She brings some gin and tonic for them. Then, she massages Belinda's legs. The Duchess also shackles Belinda’s ankles to the bed with similar handcuffs as Tony used in the maze— only, these were yellow.
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Jamie Morton states that we have not heard everything that's in the book because when we think we have, each chapter is dredged out of nowhere. This includes eye watering imagery that is unbelievable, which is why they must continue reading.
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When the Duchess brings her crop to the bedroom to use, Belinda wickedly thinks to herself that she should send Jim Stirling one of them.
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When Belinda finishes, she looks at the Duchess's face. Rocky Flintstone writes that the Duchess looks totally shattered: makeup ruined, immaculate hair everywhere. Jamie, James, and Alice say that is also how they feel hearing it. Belinda hauls her upright, and the Duchess drops back onto the bed. To Belinda's surprise she falls asleep at once. Belinda wonders whether she is free to leave, then has one of the few ideas in Belinda Blinked. She picks up the discarded yellow handcuffs and fastens them around the Duchess's ankles. The hosts greet that as a rare moment when something in the plot actually changes.
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As the Duchess is sleeping, Belinda took the yellow handcuffs and put them on the Duchess’ ankles. She dressed herself with the Duchess’ riding clothes since she arrived to the chalet naked. She left to keep her appointment with Peter Rouse, as she promised.
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