"She thinks I'm ... Is that who ... I'm ... Diana? Isn't 'Diana' agirl's ... I'm her sweetheart? No, she's just being affectionate,it's only a manne...r of speaking. She's handing me ... a hairbrush. I better sit up. "Yes, of course, Marnie." Was that flute-like voice mine? Yes,the words had come out of my mouth. I knew her? I knew her name,certainly."Afterward if you'll help me with these rollers I'll help you withyours. Your hair does look so much nicer with those highlights init,. I just hope you can stand my snoring… from what Kelly here tells me, I can sound like a lumbermill when I'm really tired!' I chuckled."That's okay, my ex used to snore bad too. I'm used to it," she said."Your ex?" I asked, a bit curious. I knew that women loved talking about themselves, and the best way to get to know our new roomie was to get her going on about herself."Yeah, my ex-husband, Tom. He could make a truck stop sound like a library!" she said. "In fact, I miss the sound of snoring,. She cracked a smile in spite of herself. Along with that message, came another about her mother wanting to speak with her as soon as she is able. She had intended to spank the rat into lunch time, but she understood the urgency of the message and the spanking ended prematurely. But it wasn’t so urgent not to embrace with Tumi, her future Queen’s Mistress Spanker, at least when Ellorrah finally ascended to the throne and was titled the Queen Mother Spanker. Can’t be a moment too soon she. The elder local folk called crone and eccentric, some quietly referred to her as "The Witch," sensed, no, she felt, there was someone, or some thing, following close on her heels. Behind her, as she shuffled slowly through the new-fallen snow, that some one, or thing, was watching her every move very closely. The one who dared this, actually stalking her, smelt of the realm most evil. The old one worried naught. Long eon ago she had fully accepted her fate and she was always ready to die. If.