"Me either, well, I guess that's not completely true," Julie said."What do you mean?" Tessa asked.Julie grinned again and just hesitated a little bit ...to tell Tessa, but she eventually did though."Well, a couple of months ago, when my mom was out, I went into her room to just watch a movie. I just turned the TV and the DVD player on and there was a DVD already in the drive. It was a lesbian adult DVD," Julie said."And you watched it?" Tessa asked.Julie stayed silent for a minute, Julie didn't. It was plain by this approach that the contents of the circle took up more room than the circle itself.Wesley sat at the edge of the rostrum with Pol, biting into dried beef strips for lunch and puzzling over the process. So far, he was getting nowhere. He dug into his satchel for inspiration in the name of a sharp pencil, finally dumping the entire contents out on one of the flat stones. Having found a pencil, he began replacing the contents. Candles, matches, gloves, electric torch, spare. Reading the paper and walking the dogs was all right in small doses but he was really looking forward to getting back to work the following week. The previous week with Isobel's company had been different. His parents were far from boring but they had their own lives to lead and they were not Isobel.On Thursday evening when she came home Isobel's face was a picture of different emotions: love, happiness, slight apprehension and a hint of smugness. Gerry could understand the first three but was. My aunt must have called you and asked you to put me into the program."The surprise on his face was unfeigned."Well," he said. "We met. She called on Friday and asked to meet with me to discuss some concerns she has about you. She seems to think that this'll be a positive experience for you."Well, that explains her behavior for this past weekend. She was trying to lure me into complacency so I'd be all fucked up when I got hit with this."I should say, Mr. Phillips," I said, "that I have.