‘Then,’ he continued in his precise manner, ‘I destroy all my notes and there is nothing at the agency to lead them to you. Nothing! Navy picks ...up the ball and carries you as on normal Navy assignment dedicated to this special duty.’ Clearly he knew the business, and had anticipated my concern. That was encouraging. ‘Contact point for me?’ Was I entirely on my own on this job? Any back up or logistics? ‘In the briefcase… a cell phone number that comes to me direct. Call me on Mondays between 1. ”“It all started with you Bob, so thank you from all of us,” said Fred.I rode up to the truck and saw everyone standing around except for two guys on the ridge with my binoculars. I stopped and crawled up to the ridge and asked for the glasses. Joulnar handed them to me and I could see an auroch herd about a quarter mile to my left. There was a bison herd about a half mile to my left and in between the two herds were a large male and a smaller female saber tooth stalking the bisons. I decided I. Paradise especially.”“Was it really all figurative?”April laughed. “Who knows? It varied from author to author.”“Like the wine in the Song of Songs.”April laughed again and shook her head, “No, the cup never lacking mixed wine isn’t the same thing at all. It’s a very fine image though.”“Is it?”“Oh yes, evocative and perfectly accurate.”As Brenda looked at her closely, April blushed. Brenda looked at her even more closely as if testing her gumption and April blushed even more. Finally, Brenda. “Don’t fight it, Soph, you’ll love it once it’s in”“Get on with it, Beaty darling, Soph’s getting impatient”I yank on the choke chain, now around the slender neck of Beatrice rather than the pallid rolls of Mr Chesterton. Beaty jerks forward with a grunt, the tips of her fingers jabbing forward into Sophie’s thigh, causing a yelp. Beatrice rights herself, coughing and panting from the choke chain as she lines up her fingers, thumb pulled in tight, and reaches her other hand to spread Sophie’s.