?" snarled Mrs Bottomley. "Very hard work! A great deal of backbreaking hard work? You can stay if you agree to be my slave and work from dawn till du...k with a miserable attic to sleep in for a few hours at night and never a word of thanks, but only blows and curses all the day long. Well! If you don't agree, then it's back to the town and the vengeance of these mysterious terrible enemies of yours this very minute!"The poor Girl nodded dumb acquiescence, her head still bowed in seeming. " We could free them." I don't think so. We don't know why they are here. They could all be murderers as far as we know, and in that case we don't want to let them loose on the public, do we? But that can be used as a back up plan... if everything goes wrong, we could free them. Maybe that would give us enough time to get away."Behind the last door, there was also a row of doors, but these weren't prison doors. These were just ordinary doors, maybe a little sturdier. I walked over to the first. This moment was perfect save for that annoying barking. I sat up and looked around, suddenly far more tired. Another dream. Seamus was barking at the door, needing his morning relief. I stood and stretched before proceeding to allow him out. I glanced down to see I, myself, needed a bit of relief. Not surprising, considering the dream. Alexis Fitzgroy. A full bodied girl at my school. She and I had grown up together, even sharing a birthday. We had both recently turned eighteen. She wasnt hit. .. another ... girl? You don't think me perverted oranything, do you?"Where was she coming from now? I could only look at her. Pretend somedegree of understanding."Of course not, Enid." I responded. "Perfectly normal from what I hear.Isn't it quite common for girls to have crushes on other girls?"She ignored my question and giggled theatrically. "It's nice that you'reso understanding. But, you know what I mean? Somebody all soft andfeminine... (Pause) lipstick? Smelling nice?" She giggled.
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