”She went over, taking the sprig of yew out of her pocket. Creeping up behind Andrew, she brushed it lightly against his bare arm. There was a flick...er of blue light, and suddenly she found herself inside Andrew’s mind. It was as if she was looking out on the world through his eyes and hearing it through his ears. The spell had worked. Weirdly, through Andrew’s eyes she could see her own body stepping back from him, but she no longer had any mental control over it.“Come on Andrew, let’s get the. "Not much," I replied. "Just chilling and relaxing." Well since you have a lot of spare time on your hands I was wonderingif you could help me with some of the housework that needs to be done." Housework?" I said. "But that's for girls." I'm not asking for you to do very much," she said. "You are both twobig strong young men and I would just like you to gather all your dirtyclothes and throw them into the washing machine. Then when you finishwith that I would like it if you could set up my. Prepare me... for his visit." It's not as big a thing -- whoops -- you should pardon the expression -- to a woman, is it?... As it is to... other guys, I mean?"Tess thought about it. "Well. We notice. I mean, I think I was as wide-eyed as you were, that first time we saw him, on the beach. But it's true, women focus less on it than you men do. To you, everything is so... competitive. I know that you've had a hang-up about size for a long time -- it's one of the reasons I've teased you so much.. Then he went on about how difficult it must be, having two girlfriends. I stupidly corrected him by saying, no, I had four girlfriends!”Frances declared, “So? It was the truth.”“Yes, but Henderson then assumed things about our study group, and said that they must be platonic girlfriends; which prompted me to come out with, ‘Not quite.’ I was terrified at what was going to come next, but he said time was short, and that we would discuss this later. That was where we left it.”Frances sighed. “I.