Just give it a bit of daylight and a break from the wind or rain, and it’s on the job early doors. Works all day too. Old man river artist is at th... height of his powers today. Here the canvas is perhaps forty yards wide and long as you like. Maybe it’s more like fifty. These distances on water always fuck me up. I remember as a kid when Dessie (McNaughton) and I had tried to race across the river and back. Must have been about ten years old I guess, and it had seemed like a hell of a long way. "Of course! I would gladly bring her home. Although..." Nicole said, looking at her watch. "I should go somewhere else first; it's just a little detour."Nicole then looked at Sandra and asked, "Would that be okay for you?"From how Nicole looked at her; it seemed almost as if she was begging her to go along.Sandra shrugged and answered, "Fine with me. As long as I'm back home before one o'clock, I don't mind." Oh, it won't take that long," Nicole promised with a smile. "I'm just going to a. . a bank-robber!' Or maybe she's going to tell me he's a member of the Ku Klux Klan, or something!"Tad was his usual calm and collected self. "I suggest you just forget all about it until lunch time tomorrow, and see what she says." Let's play 'Worst Possible News!'" I said. "Louise is going to tell me tomorrow that Don's got leprosy!" Naw, it's not a disease," Tad said, warming to the game. "She'll tell you he weighs 450 pounds and likes to sit around the house without wearing a shirt!" He's a. "If you need to ask, then you can't afford it," the man had huffed.Brock shrugged."Then I can't afford it," he said, heading toward the door that led back to what must have been the "public" section of the store."Sir, I apologize," the man behind him said. The owner himself had taken the calls on this buyer's behalf. The owner would not be pleased if the potential sale walked out the door. "Depending upon the amount of alteration necessary, the suit you were looking out would run between $2,000.