Said she waited for about two hours and then left. We checked out the room. No sign of him ever having been there. Cleaning lady said the room was pre...tty much how she had left it after she had been there earlier. Besides, what reason would she have for killing the Golden Goose?"Al moved forward in his chair and tried to put together what little he knew. The kid at the desk said the girl always checked in and left an envelope for Noobs. Noobs would grab the envelope and then head up to the room.. I fixed some coffee and was trying to think this through. It was still early, about 8, when I decided that I needed my wife there to help me talk this out. So I called my mother's house hoping I wouldn't wake anyone up. My mom answered and I asked the usual question—How are you/? Did you sleep good?, etc, then asked if Mary, my wife, was up yet. "What do you mean?", asked my mother, "She isn't over here. In fact I haven't seen or talked to her n about a week or so." "What, ' I said, "she isn't. Wilkinson is doing the same for Wessex that Wilkinson got from his mentor the Navy Chief himself.”Emma was actually becoming impressed by this guy Wilkinson, “So, what do you think he’s going to do at the lecture? Is he going to be looking for a new aide?”Robert smiled at her, “Don’t get any ideas. He’s only had males for aides and also he’s made them all become SEAL’s. I don’t think you’re going to have a chance but the Captain has an ever changing staff of about sixty people that work in. "Well, he's from here... a local boy. She's from BendRiver. They met when he came back from Europe after the war. I gather she can't have children. He's not a bad looking guy. Maybe that's what your mom sees too." she suggested. "Anyway, they seem to be doing OK. They have been buying some new furniture and just bought a new HiFi and get this; a new Dumont 21" Television. He said he'd be putting up the aerial this weekend." OK... so now we know something about them. It doesn't really tell us.