She stood anxiously in the private chamber of the great lord - her lord, her lover - Iosoan Lei. As was her accustomed chore whenever a foreign dignit...ary was granted audience at the palace, she prepared the great lord's finest tea for host and guest alike; sixteen cups she had gathered, fire hot and water set to boil. Her eyes searched the room, seeking some thing which might cause her delay. She normally delighted in her work, delighted in her lord's orders, in her service - recently in his. * Women have the right to bear arms.* Women have the right of free speech.* Women have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit ofhappiness.Courts were quick to point out that man wasnt mentioned in theserights, though they were given due process and other rights not abolished bythe 36th ammendment.Pregnant women,(who 93% of the time utilized artificial insemination asthe method of fertilization) had a horrible fear of bearing a male c***d,who was nothing like them (the "new family“) and. Their clubs were in the trunk. It was an astonishing turn of events, particularly when they said they were driving straight there. We were welcome to join them--neither of us golfed--or else we could walk back to the cabin.It was barely fifteen minutes by foot, but it was all up and down.Back in the cabin, I hogged the couch. Erin didn't care, draping herself over the arms of one of the overstuffed chairs. I was trying to read a book, but the words started swimming. Between the meal, the hike. "I'll help you with her out to the hearse," he says and grabs the other side of the gurney.We wheel the gurney out the back door, down the ramp, and roll it into the back of the hearse."It's a cold night tonight," Gus says looking into the woods behind us. The wind blows, swirling around us. Gus shivers and reaches his hand out to me. I shake it. "Take it easy, man, I'll see you soon," he says."Thanks Gus, and you probably will," I say. He walks back into the hospital as I get into the front of.