That night, when Michael arrived, Danielle ran out to meet him at the door. When she tugged at his arm to pull him into the house, he expected that s...e wanted to take him directly into the bedroom but was a disappointed when she announced that they needed to talk.Danielle sat Michael on the couch and asked him to listen to what she had to say without interruptions. He agreed and listened to her whole story without saying a word. When she stopped talking he looked at her and carefully thought. We were the most junior anyway and it was probably appropriate for us to be the last to meet him.I was scared to death and I am sure that Paul was too. I could just see our entire future going right down the drain. I didn't doubt for a moment that we were about to lose our jobs and I knew better than to ask what kind of a reference he would provide.I could see our entire lives going up in smoke. We would lose our jobs and our reputations, our house and our cars. We could never work in our field. "That would be no hardship, this house was marvellous, my mother wouldglad to be shot of me, and it sounded to me as if Mrs Roberts was indeedin need of a toy boy."I will supply your uniform, for I do expect all of my staff to dressproperly."I had hated school uniform, but this wouldn't be as bad, I reckoned, soagain I agreed."Despite your stories I don't expect you would have any clue about howto maintain a garden, and in any case I have a perfectly good part-timegardener. So your duties would. "I think you are correct on that assumption. They will try and push against us in force to destroy as many as possible, then set up a siege at the fortress. That is what they would have done in previous wars. One thing that constant is their strategy. What we have to do is to use this to our advantage as much as possible."Valelael came in then. He told Aldren of what the elves had been able to accomplish. With the help of the old healer Belwin and her apprentice Isowan, they were able to help.