He lifted his glass of wine; his eyes gleaming over the rim of the glass as emotions of confusion flooded through him. She was the same girl whose tin...kling silver anklets had supposedly stolen his heart. But she was ordinary and certainly not his type. Still she was a surprise and interested him. It had been so long since his emotions had been this alive. No one in fact no woman had ever spoken like this to him. It was not easy to dumb found him and she had done it. It was a unique experience. ’ ‘Don’t be,’ I said, ‘It’s this place. I came here for the first time back in the spring and the second I got in the water I just needed to… to do… sex. I can’t put it clearer than that, you know?’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘yes I absolutely do know. It’s like this pool, the spring and the thermal, it’s like it shouts out nature and new life, can’t quantify it more than that. I mean, just look at us.’ I felt my face burn. ‘Would… would you like to watch me again?’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘I’d like that very. By the time she had made up, changed into a smart blue suit and thin white blouse that barely concealed her bra, and had smoothed on to her slim, graceful legs a pair of enticingly frail, honey-coloured stockings, it was getting on for nine oclock. When they finally arrived, the bar was smoky and crowded as usual. They sat down beside another couple at the only table they could see with free chairs. After a few drinks the four fell into conversation and Julia could see that the woman,. "Don't say anything!" I told her urgently. "The Feds can hear you but not me, to them it's a dead line. Just say 'hello' a couple of times and hang up. Then find a convenience store with a one-person john and go in, lock the door and then call me."She'd caught her breath when I'd started speaking, but then I heard her say "hello" again, and a third time sounding irritated. Lee had always been quick on the uptake. I broke the connection before she did.I hadn't been able to think of any other way.