I checked my watch and it was still too early for lunch, and I didn’t really have anyone I wanted to see. I was sure Amelia was home, but Janie and ... were not on the best of terms, and I really didn’t want to run into her. It was going to be bad enough working with her at Christmas. It struck me as funny that I’d been home for a day and was already missing my friends. I shook my head, turned on the radio, and pulled a book from the shelf to read until lunch.I had lunch, then read until 3:30pm,. The mighty army headed for the end of the mountain chain.The four Vigger ships arrived at Zafilk. The captains of each had been apprised of the upcoming battle and were urged again to put back to sea, and avoid the attack that was coming. The Vigger captains and Akira over the radio from far off Vagena respectfully but adamantly declined. Instead they offered their added fire power to the defense of Zafilk. The captains put themselves at the disposal of Tani and the other Zafilk leaders.Tes had. He had got the custody of Nancy, when she was only 5 years old. She was born to one of his girlfriends, my brother was living with and then one day; she decided to go away with a new man of her and left Nancy with my brother and never returned or even called to ask about him or her. As a matter of fact, both of us brothers had a bad luck; or maybe I should not call it a bad luck at all. Both of us brothers being only a year apart in age; lost our parents when we were in 7th grade and with. This encouraged me to send offmy first two advertisements for inclusion in the magazines, and meantthat we really had committed ourselves, come what may! When all thishad been finalised I succumbed to a violent attack of the "Worries."Dorothy did her best to comfort me, in a number of ways, but I thinkshe was as nervous as I was.It was while we were in this preliminary phase that Gerald introducedus to a device that he called a "Measuring Frame." I have no idea whyit was known as a frame,.