? She could not help but feelas though she had really betrayed her friend and that she might lose herclosest ally because of Roy.? But thingscould not... go on as they were.? Roy lovedJane and Jane loved Roy.? It was assimple as that and if the something that had to give was Rita, Jane could livewith it.? Having made up her mind, Janeput the car in gear, pulled out of the lay bi and headed off to have adevastating chat with her soon to be ex ? best friend. Rita was house sitting.? It wasa little. All the silverware, silver dinner sets and goblets, various silver jewelry and gem stones. Derwen listed other items but my mind tuned her out as I pictured my tower full of silverware. Palus and Swarta would go wild with excitement at such wealth. I didn't think Laudus or her sisters would be overly impressed but they'd certainly feel more "Noble."When Derwen rolled a gold coin on her desk at her sister, I remembered the small chest of gold. I also had a flash of the screams of my men ringing. Attatched by a mechanism that meant that it could be spun at any angle were two more metal bars, like a fork stretching outwards. These suspended a rectangle frame with rounded egdes (kept in place by two more handlebar mechanisms, that could lock in place). The rectangular frame had tie hooks for arms, legs, head and extra ones, all of which were on rails and could be assembled anywhere. And, the metal frame was on rails so it could move up and down on it's supporting forks from being over six. Pearl didn’t like going to the lower levels. We hadn’t searched them as thoroughly due to her reluctance, especial once we wore the items from the boxes. Also, the wealth she had found was more than I had ever seen in my life, so I didn’t push the issue.I then had to shake my head. Forty-five years, I had been fucking around for forty-five years, and the wealth I had amassed since was barely more than in the chests I had from the spaceship. When I compare my deeds to Di and Richard, I had.