"What? Only two? No, not at all. Two may be the optimum number. They can keep each other company while you're away on business of one kind or another.... There are many here with two or more wives, but it is best to keep the number even. An odd number of wives always leaves at least one of them unhappy," he assured me with a broad smile. This advice from a man that I later discovered had no wives, being a Druid."We will only be able to remain here for three weeks or so," I told him. "I need to. George noted that Victor’s profits had dropped somewhat, but that the building was so well run that owners paid their service charges on time, and nearly all of the tenants kept rents up to date, all of which saved money. Victor did not care about the drop in profits – he had all the money he’d ever need, and he was making more all the time from other investments, rented houses and the other blocks of flats.George then broached the subject of expanding Susan’s brief to include initially the. I added, "While I remember, I'd like a place with a good-sized swimming pool please. I know I said I wasn't fussy about that originally, but I've changed my mind. Is that okay?" I hadn't had the motivation to make this request in this dimension before, but now that 3B had supplied imagined images of Donna's Ducklings and Carol's Whatevers in tiny bikinis around the pool, I wanted that pool!Julia answered, "It should be no problem. Most of the places we're interested in have a pool. If the place. One doesn't go toyour own wedding preparations worried about what you are going to wear. Shehad donned a comfortable set of wind pants, tee shirt, and breaker to darethe increasingly gloomy weather, picked up her duffel bag, and set forth onwhat she knew would change everything. She smiled. Alan was so wonderful! The perfect man for her and she reveledmomentarily in the memories of their time together. She had gushed whenhe had proposed, babbling yes, yes, yes, over and over until he had.