She gave a demonstration to them all of what a magnificent and highly trained animal she was as Bernard was worn down and softened up for the kill.Fin...ally Bernard had no more to offer and stood bleeding and defeated, ashamed to have been defeated by a woman and with no more will to fight. Roberta launched herself at her antagonist, put her hands around his throat and squeezed the life out of him.There was a round of applause for the brave Golden Guard, who wiped the blood off her mouth and put. Sam smiled that broad cheeky, ever so fabulous smile at him, saying, "I brought up a clean towel from my place just in case. Is that OK?"Steve hadn't seen Sam bring in a towel and realized when she went into the stairwell, she had left it just out of sight in case his answer was, "No."Sam spread out the towel and motioned to the pair still sitting at the table, "Come on guys. Time's a wasting. We don't have all day."Judy piped in, revealing another little thing that Steve didn't know about,. Immediately my aunt’s attitude changed and she warned me to stay well away from her at all costs. ‘His lordship brings Lady Minerva down here specifically to keep her away from the hoi palloi JG. Regretfully the likes of us, aren’t considered good enough for his lordship.’ ‘Who the f… hell is his lordship?’ I asked. ‘Watch your tongue young man! Your mother wouldn’t like to have heard you using language like that!’ ‘Aunt G, please don’t change the subject, who is his lordship?’ I demanded. But. I ate some squirrel stew and corn pone and took my ease on Becka's bed, thinking there were a lot worse ways to fight a war.At purple dusk Becka led me to a small clapboard house with a fieldstone chimney that was a half-mile or so from the big house, chattering all the way there about how fine and pretty her mistress was and how nasty and vile her late husband had been. "Girl made jus' a'awful mistake, she did. I tole her an' tole her an' tole her." The black woman shook her head. "Then she.