If they had, you'd be swimming for home right about now or feeding the fish."That didn't go over well. The man went white at the suggestion that he co...uld have become fish food that day."Tagus," I said turning to my friend, "get the Windrunner ready for sea. I want to see these strange ships this captain is talking about. While you do that, I'll get some troops together."I left the captain to see to his ship and the repairs that needed to be done to it, and I left Tagus to get the Windrunner. ”“Congratulations. You passed Contract Law I. Even I know that much!”“Make an offer with proper consideration; if it’s interesting, we negotiate terms, and if there’s a meeting of the minds, we have a deal.”“It’ll be FAR more than minds that meet!” I grinned.“How DO you do that?”“What?”“Talk a girl out of her panties with such ease and without sounding like a male chauvinist pig?”“Your panties are still on,” I replied.“Except you know full well that you have me actually considering it, and you. .. let's see if we can arrange transport for you back to Ipswich, and have some lunch before you go."John walked slowly up to Amy's front door. He couldn't remember ever being as nervous before ... perhaps just before asking Evie Watkins out for the first time? He rang the bell and the door was opened by Beth Robinson, who he remembered from Emily Jane, the previous year."Come in and meet my husband," she said, "Amy's just applying the finishing touches..."Entering the lounge, his eyes met the. But I reached for her hand, carefully pulled up a sleeve, showing the doctor the welts.He tutted, then swore, but quickly reached for one of his many pots, before he applied a salve, with tender care for such a giant of a man. It must have had an immediate soothing effect, I saw her smile, a little more the earlier.I sat her on a stool, and unbuttoned her shirt, to ease it from her shoulders.The doctor swore, even louder, then apologised to her, I pointed out that she hadn’t understood, so it.