"What's your name?" Sandra couldn't resist the opportunity to plug herpersonal shopping service. "Sandra Simpson, personal shopper. You can findme on ...Facebook," she said."What'd you buy Mr. Powers?" someone asked."Well, these, for one thing," she said, lifting my hem slightly to showthe garters and stockings. "Quite a few of these, some bras. But hey,that's kinda personal, isn't it?" The line produced a huge laugh from thecrowd, and she got in and began to drive off."What took you so long?" I. This tapped out Rolly's personal accounts, but Rotrington, Dannir, Sir Bryant, and the Battle Harbor Shipping Company pitched in.The trip was a long one, a week out of Port Balkat the captain pointed out the landmarks to the hidden harbor. They stopped at several ports to refresh their food and water supplies and got a glimpse of the cities that merchants from Port Balkat normally traded with. A month into their trip they rounded the southwest corner of the continent, and two weeks from then. When I was younger, my parents would sometimes paddle me, but the paddle never had holes in it. So by the time I had received about forty swats, my bottom was really hurting. On the next swat, I stood up and rubbed my bottom. “I told you not to move from your position,” she said. “For that, you will receive ten more swats. Bend over, again.” So I bent over to receive twenty more swats. At fifty swats she said, “That takes care of your fifty swats, now stay bent to receive your extra ten. " I don't remember this part too well," he admitted. "There were streams drawn in along through here. I think they drained to the east." Then we'd better go the other way. We'll go around the upstream end of this mess. That'll be the quickest." I don't think so. Look at those dead trees ahead. They've only been dead a few years, or they'd have rotted and fallen." So what?" So the outlet to this swamp's been blocked, and not too long ago. I think we should find out what caused it." Baysil peered.