“Let me tell you about Kathy. We learned this from Sam Conroy, too. She used to write letters to Ken when he was in Vietnam. They were all written o...n the same blue stationary, using the same blue ink. They were recognized all over as Kathy-grams. Ask Jim Conroy. He saw them work first hand. Ken came out of the jungle with his men, and their asses were dragging. He was greeted with a stack of Kathy’s letters.“Jim watched as Ken read them; it was as if a battery was being recharged. You see, Don,. It’s not quite as hot as mid-summer, but hot enough.I know this water. It’s brackish and silty, but it IS water, so, “Let’s swim.”Ben countered with, “Lemme start the generator and get the A/C going so the cabin’ll be cool when we get out.”I brought my favorite bathing suit, not quite a bikini, a neat two-piece thing. I dressed in the front cabin while he changed into his baggy board shorts in the master cabin. Maybe I should’ve pushed him to get a pair of speedos.The boat’s got a swim step. It wouldn't save much time but would be a great way to insure quality.The first man to finish his test piece came up and handed me his test sample. It looked very nice and appeared to have been put together professionally. He had completed the task rapidly, as well.Before I could go back to teaching, the other three guys came up with their samples. I handed them around to my welders to let them look at them. All four of the welders had done a good job.Tom groaned, as this meant he had four more. You said you'd give me time. I don't know how long I'll need, but I'm not ready yet. I'm not ready to do anything, and I'm not ready to say anything."Again there was a long pause until I asked, "What did the solicitor say?" She remembered me and said: It took me five years to come to my senses. Apparently she knew when we were divorcing that I didn't really want it to happen. I do remember her suggesting once that I oppose it, but I didn't think I had any right to." She paused and half smiled,.