"Damn! That's the way we useta trick kids. If they come up with an odd number, we'd tell 'em they needed to learn the difference between legs and tail...s." OK. OK. But what do you want to do?" We'll just ride through 'em slow an' look 'em over. If there's one lyin' down, she's a goner. If one of 'em looks unhappy, we'll look closer. I ain't gonna count 'em now."So we rode among the cattle, not in a bunch. Maddy went right, Weena went left, and Charlie and I sort of right and left of the middle.. I stand and watch him as he walks up and down the lawn, getting more and more impressed with him as time goes by. When he suddenly stops and looks up in my direction I jump back from the window like a guilty teenager! I laugh at myself and peer through the window again. He is back to mowing again and I sigh at the way his back muscles move. I decide I want a closer look. I change into my bikini and head down the stairs. I cut through the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of water on my way, and ease. "This should give you enough juice for at least a week, Sister Sue. When you can't get any more from them, just come back and see me and we will exchange them for new ones. Some of the sisters go through two of these in a single week and others make the batteries last for an entire month. Remember that when you use these "B.O.B.s" you are merely following my orders and not committing a sin of the flesh. You should insert it with lots of this ointment in the jar from the bottom shelf."When the. “Heh, uh, well, open it,” Virginia said, coughing demurely behind her hand.“You didn’t,” I said, my eyes darting from Virginia to Leslie Misk, who was sitting near the fireplace and looking into it, her black gloved hands rubbing together in slow circles.Virginia coughed. “Well, the exigencies of the service and ... well ... I put ... I buried him again once I was done!” She whispered, her voice growing increasingly furtive. “If we can’t find T’Sen-Ang, who knows how many more innocent folk.
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