Now then.’ I surveyed the room. Hands were slipping into jacket pockets and bodies were tensing, except for Belle, who remained cool and watchful. �...��It is my duty to inform you that all of you are under arrest.’ One of the men laughed harshly and pulled a pepper-box pistol from his coat pocket. ‘You’re a fool. This house is surrounded by men loyal to the Cause and you walk in here alone?’ Windows crashed open. The men spun to face a squad of leveled rifles. The door burst open and Allan himself. ”She followed behind him, and they left the temple through the curtain of beads, emerging into the village. He led her downwards, descending through a maze of platforms and rope bridges. It was like an artificial jungle. Lena was able to keep her bearings by keeping an eye on where the pale trees that held up the temple were in relation to her. It was the oldest structure, placed dead center in the middle of the village, and so as long as she could see their twisted trunks she had a pretty good. “Okay. Just let me tidy myself up a bit, slip one in the vcr and when I come back play one for me!” She rose, collected our cups and headed for the kitchen then climbed the stairs to her bed room and upstairs bath room. Getting impatient as she seemed to take ages I began thectape I,d put in the vcr and once the credits ran the action started. The tape was titled “The Sex Life Of Samantha Fox”. I,d only viewed a bit if the start, but realised this Samantha Fox was Not the Page Three beauty with. I was touching her in front of the window, and taking flash pictures, and videos. I heard something out in the hall, it sounded like Bob went into his room. I asked my wife if she would walk the hall for me now. She smiled, and said okay, but I want to scope it out first. She went to the door and looked out the peep hole, and didn’t see anything, so she kind of noisily opened the door up wide, and stood half way in the doorway, and half way in the hall, and she said pretty loudly “I don’t see.