We found the smith with a minimum amount of searching, and Hippolyte explained what she wanted done. The smith agreed to cut off the collar for two co...ppers, and the remnants of the collar, but Hippolyte bargained him down to just the old collar. That was probably what the smith really wanted, but he had to ask for more to make the haggling worth the effort. Hippolyte enjoyed the sport of the haggle, and I was sure that the smith did too.A part of the bargain was that Janos would not be injured. It is where a part of her heart will always reside and where she will return to celebrate special occasions with her parents and one day even to bring her babies to meet their grandparents. But even though she will live there this year, it is no longer her home. I can’t quote scripture for this, Mr. Clinton. We know that whole passage about a man leaving his parents and cleaving to his wife. But this is about where a person chooses... chooses her family. We are born with a family that we will. They whispered, nodded, and nudged each other with elbows, allwhile watching me approach. That would have been weird enough on itsown, except that the guys actually playing seemed to notice me after abasket, and they all stopped as well to look at me. Suddenly, I feltvery out of place."Hey," I greeted, fighting against my self-consciousness.Adam took the lead for the group of boys, nodding in greeting as hewalked up to talke to me. "Hey."My battle against my self-consciousness quickly went. "hey Jessie, wanna go for a dip in the sea?" Jessie nodded. 'guard our stuff Maddie" Rosie said, looking at her sister. "yeah, cool." the girl replied, clearly not listening to her sister. Rosie shrugged, and she made her way to the water with Jessie. they stepped into the waves and were instantly shocked by the coldness of the water. " that's cold!" Jessie cried. "isn't that a good thing?" Rosie replied, splashing her friend with water. they splashed and frolicked for a while.Maddie sat up,.