”“No you don’t.”“You can’t mean that. Foam alone is worse than the rubber alone, and we couldn’t possibly afford a baby now.”“Somebo...dy has to. You don’t. Now lie sideward on the bed; turnabout is fair play.” And playing, if not fairness, was on her mind after all his delightful teasing. She got off the bed and trotted around the footboard to reach the package on his nightstand.He lay where he had been told to. But she didn’t have to get out of bed; he could reach it for her. For that matter, he. I had gone on holiday to Greece, riding slow trains and hitchhiking under the achingly blue skies of that magical country. After doing the cultural bit, Athens, Corinth, Mycenae, Cape Sunion, I had gone island hopping, catching the slow and crowded ferries that serviced the Sporades, Dodecanese and Cycladese.One glorious, star-filled night on a beach in Rhodes, I had lost my virginity to a pretty Danish girl. Her skinny, tanned body had been an unexplored country and she let me find my. Having located a small table, he made his order and set the steaming cupdown. After a few moments of sorting through his purchases, he carefullyraised the cooling vessel to his lips and drank; drawing it back with acontented thought as he turned to the world around, the ambience ofshifting colour, talk and the aroma of coffee beans inspiring a softsmile. Skimming through a few pages, the cup raised to his lips, heblinked and struggled to swallow before quickly setting it down. Thestrange pain. Of course, we had to finish our food before we could hold drinks. We’d been there for almost half an hour before we talked to anyone but our own pod.That’s when Dr. Donahue arrived with four distinguished-looking people and we assumed the leaders of the commission had appeared. She sought us out and made introductions. The only name I recognized was Aaron Adamson, the Governor of Vermont and chairman of the commission.“I’m glad you are able to be with us,” he said as he grasped my hand. He was.