He gingerly used it, repaired his bandages and then had to see to the cabin. The water reservoir was refilled, the coal bunker was refilled. A quick j...iggle of the grate had the clinkers falling into the lower pan so that the fire could breathe. The floor was a bit warmer, but not much. He was worried that she had not woken nor voided. There was nothing to do but let nature take its course. He went back to sleep, folded in her arms and she in his.He woke crying. Someone was kissing his neck and. Pretty soon I was lost in the kind of mindlessness you can only get in a shower, the kind thatlets you badly sing pop songs and lather your hair into rabbit ears. I was feeling pretty good whenI turned the knob from hot to cold for a second or two before shutting the water off completely,and at first didn't register the shadow across the sliding glass doors. And there he was again, just standing there in the bathroom as I slid the glass door back. I musthave looked an idiot, probably. “I couldn’t leave things how they were between us last time. Jill, I needed to come and apologize and say my piece.”What Jill said next really caught me off guard."Chris, I’ve been thinking about it too. And really, there’s no need to apologize. I know this thing was hard on you. Me choosing Dave. I know how much you love me and know how hard it was on you. I know that’s why you said what you said, why you did what you did.”Chris had been readying himself to speak, but I think he was just as. One Edgar Rodrigues, a store keeper famous for the quality of his goods, had left his business at his normal time but, in the morning, his store was found locked up, his employees milling around the entrance, and Señor Rodrigues unavailable to open the place for the days customers. The newspaper reported that, after a week, the Federales, suspecting foul play, forced entry but nothing of Rodrigues was found.Rodrigues owned a brig, a two master of inconsiderable size, some 60 feet length on.