I suppose you want to meet me?’ Her voice was already sounding familiar to me, surely a sign we were meant to be together? ‘Oh yes, it would be a ...ream come true.’ Could this be real? She was actually considering meeting me? My heart soared. ‘Well it had better be somewhere decent. The Floating Lotus in Harper Street at eight o’clock tonight?’ I knew the best Chinese restaurant in the area. It would be busy as always, but then again she’d want to meet in a busy place with a lot of people about.. Itottered past the cars with the ball gag in my mouth and the chainsshinning against my black stockings.I reached the footpath and started the slow walk to the first key. I hadgone about 100 yards when I heard a car door close, I looked back butsaw no one, I continued slowly along the path. All of a sudden I saw abright light in front of me, getting quickly closer, shit a cyclist. Ihad no where to run even if I could, the chains were easily visible andclinked quite loudly as I walked. I turned. We kin check that in a few minutes."Bill stuck his head into the passenger cabin of the stage coach to look around. "Ain't no satchel in here—must be in the boot."Bill turned toward the rear of the coach and shouted, "HEY, JOHN. KEEP AN EYE ON THESE GALOOTS WHILE WE CHECK OUT THE BOOT!" An answering shout of "OK" told Jane and Ed what they needed to know about the presence of other bandits.Ed said, "You look after those two bandits, and I'll see what I kin do 'bout the one in the rocks. Shoot. This was especially so since Glade had told her how happy she’d been living amongst the Cave Dwellers. How could Glade have been so stupid? And to do so for the love of such an evil bitch? The village where Glade and Flint lived was one of many such settlements scattered about the region where the tribe lived. Most settlements were situated further north in the flanks of the mountain range that Glade could see covered in white in the far distance on a clear day. She now understood that this.