"Thank you, Richard," she said softly. "I'm glad. Anyway," and the breathless excitement was back in her voice, "they're going to stage an exhibition ...match against Marlborough College Girls Colts with a huge tea party afterwards." Wow!" said Richard. "Marlborough's a top public school and well known for its hockey. That'll be a pretty tough match." Ye-es!" said Annette nodding vigorously."When is it?" Not fixed but probably the first or second Saturday in November." Right! No appointments on. “For all that people complain about hating big government and wanting to shut it down, when it actually happens, they don’t really like it.”Marty nodded and tossed a stack of phone logs on the table. “We’re seeing the same thing in Washington. Everybody wants to shut down government, just not the pieces they like, which turns out to be the whole damn thing anyway. You and the rest of the Gang of Eight and Gingrich are considered by many to be the reason for the mess.”I sighed and nodded. “The. .Anyway, as I said, I was now back home and after considering my options, I was living in a rented house, with a six-month lease, on one of those new estates that have sprung up everywhere. The house actually belongs to an old mate of mine who has one of those jobs that take him out of the country for long periods and the house is just his stop-over place to stay when he's between contracts. He has even suggested that, if I settled, he would consider selling it to me. Although it is nominally a. You have such a delicious figure it really got to me but I never in a million years thought I'd get to see it this way," he said, indicating her nakedness.Betty laughed. She was used to it by now. "I know how all the boys looked at me. I guess they all got their fill now." Well I still like to look. Stand up and put your hands on your head." Betty did as she was told. Paul got more serious as he said, "I was always attracted to Jennifer as a person but having come to know you this way has.