I had given Mary a schedule of about 45 minutes before the meat would be ready. If I had to do all of the finishing by myself I wouldn't make it and I... didn't know who Al was sending over until she arrived. While I waited I painted a second coat of sauce on the ribs. This was Al's special 'Hot 'n' Sweet' sauce. We'd used it before and it was quite a favorite with our group.Here came Sabrina. I don't know why I was surprised but I was. Her first words to me were "Hi Mike, Uncle Al said I should. “Yes sir.’, I answered. “What was she doing out that late at night ?”, he asked. “We own the Mon Armor Restaurant in town. She was coming home from work.”, I answered. “That’s good enough for now, Mr. Williams. At the present time, the other driver will be booked with vehicular homicide. The charge may go up or down slightly after it goes to the district attorney. My office will be in touch with you.”, he stated, handing me his card. I got up stilling feeling numb and told Stan and Beverly. He held it tight as we pulled back most of the slack.The lose line was cut and put with our equipment. The line stretching across the street was tied to an extra eye at the front of our hook. We all checked the knot. The other end of the hook already and the mountaineer's rope tied to it. The first four metres were doubled. This would go over the sharp edge of the roof.The rope was played out by Chuck and Jerry. I was going to help Sam and make sure with my own eyes that the hook was in the. Since they had plenty of both, they shared it with a blessing on all present within hearing distance. The friar was on his clerical high horse quoting psalm and verse, sometimes even accurately, and dispensing indulgences for a single small coin more out of habit than in a concerted effort to scrape money from the travelers.His little wooden crosses distributed with a little tale of religious piety were made in the Gypsy camp and they were cheap even though the price was doubled. Rowena had one.