He sat down on a tree log only 3 meters from us with his dog next to him. Clearly a well-trained dog obeying every command immediately.I felt quiet un...comfortable with this situation. I was no match for this man. He was half a head taller than me, and much more muscular. He could probably control me with only one arm. Both my wife and I were intimidated by his appearance, and his dominant way of talking. So when he ordered my wife to sit back down and spread her legs again, this is what she did.. " They're both out at the moment, but I expect them back any time."It was the best part of an hour, in fact, filled with chatter interrupted by customers, many of whom recognised Linnet and asked where she'd been; her reply, as to Lisa, "Oh, I ran away to sea." Often, to people she'd known quite well, she introduced Jamie as her fiancée. None stayed long, though and although they'd all congratulated her, she felt it was all a polite nothing, that she had, in fact, moved on and no longer. "Cardinal Marazin" I said in surprise. I took his hand and kissed his ring, as was custom. "I didn't expect you. I thought..."The Cardinal waved his hand to silence me. I stood quietly as he paced the floor. He took his time and I started to fidget a little. I knew this would be something very important. After all, the Cardinal of France doesn't sally forth for just anybody. I was still completely in the dark as I stood waiting. Before he could speak his mind, the door to the study was flung. “Hey, I’ve got an offer for you.”“What’s that, Jake?”“I need to get a girl into the Homecoming Dance, can you be her date?”“Anyone I know?”“I don’t think so. She goes to Central.”“What’s she look like?”I tilted my head a little as I was thinking Kronk would have been an easy sell.“Her name’s April. She’s short and blond and she’s stacked,” I held my hands out in front of my chest, miming a big pair of boobs.“I like the sound of that,” he enthused. “Do I have to pay for her?”‘Of all the.