He was in barely better shape himself than his brother, who slumped across his pommel, and it seemed far too bright in the late morning sun. The corpo...al and the private soldiers gazed morosely around the courtyard. They had been of too low a rank to have been allowed to participate in the merriment of the night before. Only their captain had been invited to whore and drink with the Earl and his two oldest sons. Even the captain seemed the worse for the wear; only the Earl himself looked primed. He was just more a quiet watcher who liked to be comfortable in any given situation or conversation before saying anything. His father had always said it was better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it to everyone. He smiled at the memory. His father had been an island of sanity in his crazy childhood with his free-spirited, eccentric mother who embraced life as an adventure to be lived to the fullest. It was only as a young adult that he had come to know she was manic. Her. When Jennifer heard the news she was in orbit….so excited to see their friend Pilar again. Pilar was from Spain and had become Ellen’s best friend and Jennifer’s godmother when Ellen and Pilar were attending classes at our local university.We settled into a comfortable Sunday afternoon routine….I think everyone was pretty much drained from the last few day’s activities. WE fixed a light supper….piled up on the couch and watched a movie. At about 9:00, I took my leave, kissing both my girls a. The prosecutor presented the court with video evidence of the agents in action, and their subsequent written statements, outlining their part in the operation. The only reason they had not been fired, was that all stated they thought it a legitimate operation.The defense tried to put up a fight, but the evidence was damning. The prosecution rested his case in just three hours. The defense tried to defuse several things, and had already tried to get the tape suppressed, but nothing seemed to.