Previously I have referred to Miriam as being solemn. Her smile, which could be radiant, was seldom seen in Plaistow but in Tossa it was displayed oft...en, with a devastating effect on the local males. They would hang around her, taking her dark hair, brown eyes, and golden skin as Spanish, paying her many flowery and flattering compliments. She didn't understand a word they said but knew, as any woman does, what an effect she was having on them, and her smile bathed them in pleasure.We had been. Always that one little sound; no, not a sound, but neither a thought, at least not his own, a something in the back of his mind, calling him.And ... there it was, a wooden door in good repair, so many of the others were splinters hanging on hinges or had been removed totally for use as firewood. As he approached the door, it swung open.He thought that he saw a grey-green orc in front of him, and began to draw his sword, but after blinking, he saw the most beautiful princess ever.A second door. “I’ll never keep my boobs in this thing to walk, let alone swim.” She stretched one leg out and lifted her knee slightly. “And look at this.” The small triangle of cloth covering her sex had slipped enough to reveal one baby-smooth lip.“I guess you’re right. That’s not really meant for anything but lying on the beach, or taking off almost as soon as the right person gets a look at it.” She laughed and said, “Try on the other one, and I’ll see what mine looks like.”Both women changed,. She was going to be a dorm monitor this year, foregoing the opportunity to move out on her own.“The way I figure it,” she said as we all sat down to dinner on Tuesday night, “I’ve spent the whole summer taking care of kids. And I got free room and board for it. I might as well do the same this fall and winter. And guess what! I get free room and board for it.”“How can you stand going back to the dormitory?” Melody asked.“I’m going back to the dormitory,” Kate said. “I kind of like it.”“I would.