. Alex.... Alex Greschen. Er I’m.... I’m very pleased to meet you.”The girl’s smile was a shaft of sunlight in the foggy gloom. “Well Alex G...reschen you must be more careful. The weather is closing in. This is no time to be caught up here on the ridge.”Alex nodded at the justice of her words. “I know, I know! I’m late and I got caught by the weather. I... I lost the trail.”“And where does your trail take you Alex Greschen?”“Well...I.... I was trying to get over to the SAC hostel in Roggenwis.. His makeshift reflectors were quite efficient, effectively putting whole front of the houseboat in sunlight, but none for the bride. There was a lot of discussion about how to put a spot reflector on Sheila. In contrast, Francine's people had covered the sound so well it never came up.A lot of details needed to be adjusted, but the pattern for the service was set. The service itself was straight out of the hymnal, or rather a period hymnal. The required minor disaster came from the music. At. “Exactly how is Wendy’s need for submission kinkier than your need for four wives?”“I don’t need four wives,” I sputtered. “They just kind of gathered around me.” I suddenly noted that she’d included Wendy as one of my wives. Had I thought that as well?“But picture yourself now with just one of them. Who would it be and where would the others be? How happy would you be?”Shit! It wasn’t possible for me to imagine life without even one of the four, Wendy included, without feeling a desperate. He checked his watch, she should be arriving soon. He looked out of the window and saw her step out of the taxi, and walk confidently to his gate. for one moment he thought about what he was about to do. He smiled inwardly knowing he had come too far not to carry it through… She rang the bell on the gate, suddenly a little nervous, she adjusted her skirt and hair and reapplied her lipstick while she waited. There was no reply but the gate opened, pushing it further open she went in and made her.