I'm hoping we can recruit quite a few to stay on." You won't have much time for a honey-moon before the campaigning begins for the referendum," Dougla... observed.Donnie's eyes lit up with excitement. The Scottish National Party, encouraged by their results in the last election, had decided to go ahead and hold a referendum on independence. This was the holy-grail for all SNP supporters, but they had never had the necessary votes in the Scottish Parliament to get a bill on a referendum. .. How I wish ... No I don't ... I mustn't..."He signalled the waiter, settled his bill and left. He walked morosely back to his room. He undressed and climbed listlessly into bed. He lay there struggling to get the girl out of his mind and trying to persuade himself once more that no woman was worthy of his love ever again. Eventually he fell asleep.He did not feel refreshed when he woke in the morning but his landlady was a cheerful bustling soul and when he left, after a huge and delicious. "You were sorry the last two times too. You say sorry a lot don't you? And still I'm thinking you don't really feel sorry enough yet."She says nothing, and just lays silently in my lap. I sigh, and reach for her wrist. "Come on, get up." I say, as I direct her off my lap and onto her feat. "Stand in the corner as I think about what to do with you." She does what I tell her and already faces the wall, she really must have given this some thought beforehand. "And lose the panties" I add, "You. Justgoodnight seemed too cold. He walked past head down again and made forthe lifts down the corridor.Eveline waited until she heard the binging noise of the lift arriving andits doors opening and then closing again before she looked up. She hadseen him hesitate at the door out of the corner of her eye, and had beenglad he hadn't come back in. She would have felt a little weird adjustingto talking to Gerry again so soon after Tina. She hoped that he didn'tregret any of it, and that things would.