I finished Wilson’s book that night. I wasn’t certain what I’d go to next. Progress on Orlando would be slow.Thursday I reread my report on tick... and handed it over for “destruction” (as we called it) – what was officially “internal distribution.” I also let admin know I’d be out on Friday, back on Monday morning.I intended to head west on the Warrego, stopping in Chinchilla for lunch – at just about noon; get going after an hour; and wind up “home” by 16:30. With a bit of luck, it would be. The resolution satisfied none of the parties, especially a few politically aggressive black leaders who had wanted the sheriff pilloried and a few reactionary whites who had demanded his exoneration; but, as Igwanda observed to Meiersdottir, "that is the nature of any compromise, that no-one gets everything he or she might prefer."For the return voyage Meiersdottir would again lead the scientific contingent, accompanied by both her husband and their infant son. Her own presence had been. ”“Interesting,” Colonel Stiles said. “Most of the general-grade officers who knew about the pickup system were extremely careful who was informed about them. I knew only that they occurred. I seemed to lose about ten percent of every class sent through the training program to pickups. Usually they were the better ones.”I nodded. “The CAP system does appear to have been set up to take many of the best and brightest. However, now our primary focus needs to be on protecting the Confederacy. For. I took Billy out at the mall four years ago and I'll do it again if Ihave to."The girls had printed up flyers to post on the bulletin board advertisingtheir group, giving their qualifications and experience. They announcedthat class would begin on Tuesday night, and wear sweats or somethingcomfortable. If anyone had previously trained, they should wear theiruniform from whatever style it came from, and Emma would recognize andallow them to wear their rank, though they would have to meet her.