What are your ages?" I'm about to turn eighteen. Cindy turns seventeen at the end of the summer, Tina's nineteen and Susan's twenty. Is that a problem...?" Not if I squeeze my eyes really tight. My daughter sells T-shirts at the mall. You're selling protocol converters to Gensys." Everybody has a place," I said. "Love 'er where she's at..." I know..." he said. "Still, you're a shock." I've heard that before," I said. "I'm fortunate. Stray neutrino hit the egg or something. But here we are..." And. "Mm," said Andrew appreciatively. "Much better without your specs. You're a very pretty lady." Thank you," she whispered and blushed slightly which made her even prettier. "I, um, peeped into your room. I hope you don't mind." Not at all. Sorry about the dirty magazines." What?" she exclaimed. "I didn't see any." Ah! Well it must have been a very quick peep or Fred's been in while we were out and borrowed them."Katherine stared at him for a moment and then gently smacked his face. "Naughty boy.. A girl that wuz friendly with my sisters warned ‘em that Missus Brown wuz overheard talkin’ to Missus Magillicuddy an' my sister’s names wuz heard mentioned. Money wuz also seen changin’ hands. Missus Magillicuddy turned out to be the whore supplier to the saloons in Hand Springs an' the owner of a bordello jest outside of town. Philomena an' Beth knowed they had to leave Hand Springs or be forced to work as whores but now Missus Brown wuz watchin’ 'em like a hawk an' they were afraid they wuz. ” I pulled the digital camera from my pocket and extracted the flash card.Mr. Jeeves held out his hand, and I deposited the card there. Without saying a word, he turned to the small computer sitting on the desk, and plugged in the stick. He called up the images, and flicked through them while I explained,“These are the items that Mr. Dawes stores in safety deposit boxes not far from here. No provenance at all; claimed to have been purchased cheap as a job lot. All seem to be ancient.