"Jenny got the giggles so that discussion ended.Later that morning James was working away in the kitchen when Jenny came through from the bar."Tay," s...he said."What?" Tay. River Tay. Name for the puppy."James gazed at her and then his face lit up. "Brilliant, darling. That's a super name. Short and definitely female. Well done! When my hands aren't covered in meat juice and flour you're going to get a very grateful hug and a kiss."Jenny smiled happily back. "I shall spend the rest of the morning. .. chukka chukka... 'Will it start before I run out of hill? I didn't know or particularly cared.'Chukka chukka chukka... POP... POP... chukka chukka... BANG... 'The chicken wire baffle sounded a tinny rattle from the otherwise straight-through exhaust.I don't know why we put those things in the pipes in those days. I think it may have been the law banning loud exhausts. It never made any difference to the volume, as I recall.I reached the bottom of the hill and still the damned thing hadn't. I got on the train in a first class carriage (using the card he gave me to pay for his dry cleaning and that was going to pay for a good night out for me and a couple of friends tonight) and was joined a couple of minutes later by a hot looking guy who smiled nicely and sat opposite me, we got talking and I told him what happened he said I should get my own back so I explained I had one of his credit cards and was going to max it out before I told him to get lost, he thought that was funny and. And again, if there are any attempts on my life, I will assume that you are behind them and simply kill you without warning. I have just proven – twice – how easy it would be.“Now ... as far as I am concerned, no one will hear of anything that has happened in this meeting other than that you have agreed to have the Chief Engineer render the scout’s warp engine inoperative. Are we clear on this?”During the time he was talking, the weapon remained rock steady while continuing to point at the.