Suddenly, flags flew up Circe’s lines, and Midshipman Partridge mumbled the signal numbers to himself at first before he turned.“Sir, Thisbe to sq...uadron: four sail at anchor.”“Very well, Mr. Partridge. Acknowledge.”“Aye-aye, Sir. Oh, there’s another one. It’s from Caroline: Proceed as planned!”“Acknowledge, if you please. Mr. Muir, clear the ship for action! Quartermaster, four points to starboard. Mr. Currey, man the braces!”Dido responded smoothly going to the wind. They had to catch up with. She wanted to get married that very day. She also wondered if she could hold out another week, with Dane in the house always tempting her and coming on to her, and Craig out of town. But it seemed she had no choice."All right, honey," she sighed. "Next week, then." I can hardly wait," he said with a lusty growl.He eased her onto her back and slid his hands under her halter. Just as Dane had done half an hour earlier, he cupped her naked tits and started squeezing them, driving her wild with. Guard house. No Nationalists there. We look after you at house."Lauren decided not to argue. Three or four other soldiers sat further down in the truck, occasionally leering at her and Emma. She leaned forward in the seat, weathering the potholed road and the wild swings of the vehicle as it lumbered back the way they had come. She glanced at Jamie who frowned back at her."What?" Just seems a bit weird, that's all. Better to get us non-immigrants out of the country rather than disperse us. And they'd walked so far into the woods that they became very weary and their legs would carry them no further. So with their eyes heavy with fatigue, they both lie down beneath a tree and fell fast asleep. ********** The lone toot of a distant owl awoke Hannah from her slumber. She opened her eyes wide and realized with much horror that they'd both slept for a large portion of the night and now the previous twilight sky had become immersed into an inky blackness. "Gretel! Oh Gretel wake.