The families had been tenant farmers of the Earl of Carnforth for as long as the island had been in his possession, eking out a living that was barely... above the subsistence level. It was only recently that both families had started taking in tourists and had seen an upturn in their fortunes.The visitors came to see the various sea birds that made their home on the western cliffs of the island, facing off into the wild Atlantic Ocean. The two families had worked together to produce comfortable. I was sure the clocks around the world had all stopped sometime early Wednesday morning, then restarted at a painfully slow crawl. It seemed forever till Friday finally came. But it finally did and we were now standing on the porch of Leather’s house. Angela rang the bell.As before, the porch light went out and the door opened with an ominous creaking. We stepped inside.Leathers was standing there. He gave Angel a peck on the cheek and said, “Hi,” then turned to me. “Hey Sarah, how’ve you. It was nice to have someone who actuallylistened, and was interested in what I had to say. He was going toget himself another coffee, so we went in together. At the time, itdid not seem out of place, but he held the door open for me. Heinsisted that he did. I liked it. He showed that he has class.During our second drink, he asked if we could spend the day together,that he was planning to go to the local museum right down the streetfrom here, and it would be nice to share the art and history. "We're clean then."Basel looked at her. "Clean from what Eli?"Eliana shook her head. "Not yet Basel. Please still consider this a military operation." Yes Commander." I'll talk soon. As soon as the CAT is tucked down, I'm going to get each of us a pair of multi-scanners. Meet me in Observation."They jumped and ran from the CAT as soon as it was locked down into its parking bay, and met again a moment later in the Level-4 dome. Eliana handed Basel a scanner and pointer to the CAT tracks leading.