"Next, Kazan got Brian familiar with the controls for the gurney, which wasself-propelled. They wheeled me into the factory like an RC car, and I wasc...rashed into more than one wall as Brian got the hang of it.Kazan stopped us in the hallway."Alright, let's process her," said Kazan. He loosened my restraints. "Let'ssee how far you can get by yourself."Brian cleared his throat and looked at me, trying not to make eye contact."Stand up, please." No need for courtesy, Brian," corrected Kazan,. It was the Magistrate's cousin."Verine, you and Erma get your things together. I am taking you to your father's farm.Verine said, "Our baby is coming in two months, Bill. I want you here and alive for his birth."Erma heard that and said, "Bill I will not leave you. If you are killed without giving me a child I will never forgive you."I said, "Alright, we will not go to your father's."I put the mules up and rubbed them and fed them after their fast trip to town and back.I went back to working in. It was a pleasant diversion.Julian put down the last of his markers. He, too, caught the girl's glance, frowned at her and took me by the arm. "Let us go," he said, "where our discussions will not disturb essential work." He drew me out into the corridor.I followed him. We passed by the room where I had first seen the brown-clad girls that were the object of the Prince's benevolence. A group of them were seated in a semi-circle at one end of the room. In the centre, to my astonishment, sat the. My friend came over and said you’re the first guy that’s gotten passed a hello with her and probably only the second guy to kiss her in her life. He said her ex-boyfriend and her were a couple from first grade thru college. After they graduated college they got engaged then six months later, he broke it off and moved away no one knows where he had moved to. I told myself I really liked her but I knew I had to take it slow. As I went to bed all I could do is think about her, damn no woman had.