Both women were already sweating in this hull where there wasn’t much air. Evelyn’s red hair was clinging to her face and neck and she was constan...tly brushing it away. Despite the heat, Farah backed up a few inches so her body touched her mistress’s and Evelyn kissed her neck. The women continued to come into the sleeping quarters and lined up in rows on the matting. A Malay woman, about the same age as Farah lay down beside her, facing in the same direction and then her mistress took the next. It was starting to snow lightly, but it was no big thing, and I wanted to spend more time with her. I built a fire and we sat and chatted for hours. It was about 3 in the morning when I got up to go. She gave me a sweet kiss goodnight, and we did linger some, but she was still being chaste and I did not want to push it. I opened the door to go and was shocked it see about 8 inches of snow had fallen while we had been chatting. I looked at her and she looked outside and said, "Well you will have. I opened it and mother drove through, and then we were lurching along a rough track for about fifteen minutes until we reached the house. Our arrival seemed to be a bit of an anti-climax and we spent the rest of the day stowing our gear and supplies, sweeping up dust and cobwebs and searching for signs of any invading rodents, and by late evening making vague plans for the next day. That night I was restless. Being in an isolated place and alone with mother seemed somehow to be different from. Maybe you just need some time off.” – Says Beth with her typical caring smile.“We all do.” – Rick replies, bitterly.“But you more. When was the last time you just… stopped?”“I don’t even know what that means anymore.”Just after replying to Beth, Rick felt another dizzy spell approaching. He'd been getting those lately. And he was sick of them, too. Luckily, he was already in bed, so he just tried to remain calm and wait for it to go away.“Beth, I’m feeling… Can you... I’m just a little…".