"I just ran over here." Right," she said. "And your allergies are all acting up, and that's why your eyes are red?" I'm sure," I said firmly. She knew... I was lying, but didn't press."You need some time alone?" she asked. "I only want you here if you want to be. And if you'll let me pump you for, err, information." She took my arm in hers, and it felt good right then to be touched by someone, even if I knew she had ulterior motives. I just pulled her to me, and let out a deep sigh I didn't know. I did catch them stealing the odd kiss, though. Our second hint was that happy glow that she'd adopted by the time we'd returned to Kanata Camp. For the most part, our new friend acted happier in our last week than in all the time we'd known her while we were at the resort.Our Dad was the one that had a last trick up his sleeve. As we stabled the horses, he quietly talked to Mom about something in hush-hush tones, then went over to Brad and Dianne Morrison with our mother in tow. They went into. ”“Tommy is going to be my champion, aren’t you darling-boy?”“Yes-I-am.”Thank heavens it popped out easily. It was wet, the fluid clear and beautiful.“Cul, the blue tissue is right there next to the candle.”Sure as shootin’ it was right there. I held the gorgeous blue tissue steady as Tommy dropped ‘er in. I was tempted to sniff, but, eschewed said sniff, set it back down whence it came, and retreated to my chair before somebody sat in it. There is nothing like a front-row seat to your wife. There were females at Valley Forge as well, but they were mostly wives usually without benefit of ceremony and all of them were worked from dawn to dusk doing their utmost to bring order to the chaos and barely holding their own in the task.Washington insisted in sleeping in a makeshift tent until the men were housed and he never took it in his head to remove to Mount Vernon and his mansion styled home with many fireplaces and a larder filled with supplies.Fortunately, for the Continentals, a.