" God, that must have been frightening. Get yourself all psyched up to end it, and then it goes wrong. Bet she was mad!" Not as mad as the hansom cab ...driver who had to take her to hospital, apparently. She was so muddy he tried to refuse to take her, and it was only when the bobby threatened to run him in for obstruction that he would do so!" I can see his point! I bet it was pretty smelly mud in those days, too!"xxxxxxxSheila and Julie were making a list of which of us had things like extra. We'll have to stop." "Nice try sweetheart. You have plenty of gas. Don't make any wrong turns. I know the way." "I don't know the way from here. I've only been there staright from home." "Don't play dumb, Sonni. We both know you've driven straight there from work before." She was convinced her abductor was her husband. He was the only other person who had been to the cabin since they had bought it. It was their favorite place for a weekend getaway. She had met Charlie there before, but she was. I had a mug and a small pot as part of my survival gear and I was pretty sure that she would have much the same, but, since sharing it straight from the neck of the bottle seemed so very intimate, I didn't mention them, just withdrew the cork as ordered.All that exercise had certainly whetted my appetite and I made short work of a fair share of the sandwiches and their accompaniments. Only a couple of sandwiches remained when we both sighed in satisfaction and I was about to throw out the last. We got to meet them and couldn't determinewho he looked like until his younger sixteen year old brother came out thedoor. He was a thinner younger Colt with even a more country way ofspeaking. You could see in his eyes and his actions he was very envious ofhis older brother. We were on our best behavior in front of them whiletrying to contain the excitement about the trip and week ahead.After we transferred our suitcases into the four remaining vehicles andgrabbed a snack Colt's mom had made,.
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