That stuff was a smelly, evil mess. You start with wood ash, from a fire, and put a screen at the bottom of a barrel. Line that with some straw and th...n add the ash. Over that you pour some water, and out comes wood lye. Wood lye. Jesus, I ruined two good sets of pants and shirts on that crap, I also got a few nasty burns from it. Anyway, once you have wood lye in a ceramic vessel, then you move to rendering the fat. Rendering the fat is one stinky, horrible business. You boil all your animal. When he committed murder and suicide today, all I could feel was happiness for him at being free from his internal torment. I didn’t even judge him for either act. Apparently, I married a stranger and didn’t know the man that I thought that I loved.“On the other hand ... I think that I’m in love ... with Anton and Lucinda. Both of them, at once, in fact. Would you be opposed to having Dr. Anton Goldman, your former Principal, as a stepfather, and Dr. Lucinda Clarke as a stepmother? Well,. He smiled as he rang the doorbell, that certain smile that always made her heart pound. She reached up to wipe her lipstick off his mouth, watching as he caught her hand and kissed her palm. Her breath caught and her heart turned over, Alec had always had this effect on her.As they walked in, Conor felt his hand in the crook of her back. The place was packed, a teeming throng of party goers. The club was decorated for the season; fairy lights were everywhere as well as a giant Christmas tree in. "Come on through to the living room and we'll have our coffee before we start."I'm conscious that the person who owns this robe must be a good deal smaller than me, as it is really rather short. I pull it tightly closed as I sit down with my coffee on the sofa. You sit on the armchair opposite me. I keep my legs crossed, no need to embarrass myself further.We sit and make small talk while and while we chat I get the definite impression that you are highly amused to see me in such a vulnerable.
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