The men decided to follow the trail, it was easier on their horses and they made better time. They weren’t in a hurry but it was mid July and winter... usually set in around mid to late October in this high country. Josh wanted to find work long before the weather changed. Josh called a halt at midday to water and rest the horses for an hour. He’d been riding Diablo since they left Santa Fe. He switched his saddle to Sunny to give Diablo a rest, although the big horse looked at him as if to say. " "Hmm yes" she replied I know what you mean", but she said in a certain way I couldn't put my finger on it just the way she said it. "Look" she said, I'll put this box away, you go lock up the garage and tie the trailer down ready for the trip to the tip then we'll have a drink." she turned left the room, I went outside tied the trailer locked the garage and was just walking in the back door when I heard Carol call me to give her a hand in the bedroom. What I saw stopped me in my tracks, she. He stops and gazes down at her from the top of a short flight of steps. His tailcoat and pencil mustache are impeccable.“Shall we sit, Ms. Gordon?”“Let’s not,” Barbara replies with a sigh. “Is he dead?”It’s been three months since anyone has seen Bruce or the Batman. Bruce has disappeared before, although usually not for this long.“Master Bruce’s instructions were perfectly clear,” Alfred says, avoiding the question as he descends toward her.“I don’t want to be hearing this,” Barbara replies in. "Inside half an hour his mother had him secured inside the belt thatwould not be unlocked for 30 days. This would be the longest period everfor him, but she was sure he would cope with the physical demands, andperhaps it would help improve his focus on who and what he was.Before he went to bed she dressed in her leather outfit while he wastold to wait for her in his bedroom. When she came into the room, heknelt at her feet and kissed her boots before pulling down his pantieswhen he was told to.