He explained how twenty years ago he had rebuilt the mansion.As he continued Diana realized that had she not been looking at the older man, she would ...ot have been able to tell his voice from that of her husband's.With a little questioning, Diana learned that the Hightower family was not Southern but had come from New England, where they still owned partial interest in a shipping firm.The conversation then turned to her and Michael and their plans. Not to mention several glasses of wine. By. It became clear when he returned.He called a meeting of officers and senior NCOs.Jane’s Second Lieutenant Tim Morris and his Sargent Walker, Gloria’s Second Lieutenant Bill Drake and his Sargent Haney, along with Shaun and Sargent Blake, were in attendance.Once everyone was in the tent he began.“Tim, you won’t be going out on road watch. As soon as Bobby gets back we are going to prepare for a special operation. Until he returns you will be making a cache of fuel, water, and provisions ready. When I told them that I didn't have the money for any of them, they just smiled and said not to worry. They paid for all of the clothes! I couldn't believe it!" she finished."They said last night that they would take you to get clothes today. Did you doubt them?" I asked, confused."In the past, people had told me that they would get me things, but I always wound up having to pay for them. They never bought things for me," she confessed with a sniff."What else did you do today?" In several of. The moon had set around midnight, and it had gotten much colder, even though it was late in May. I also suspected that the guards would be rather bored by now and paying less attention to their duties, but more to staying warm. I needed to alert Grace before we moved there.“Some of those guards are sure to have night vision equipment of one kind or another. They may not be military grade units, but even the civilian ones are fairly good. With the doubling of the guards, they may not all have.