I’ll have Magar send word around to find us one and a horse to pull it – though I’ll have to tell him to make sure they just find it and don’t...pinch it. Last thing we need is a stolen wagon right now. Gave him some of those gems to fence, too. Can probably sell them to anybody in dribs and drabs later, but for now…” Mindblind downed his cup of water in one long pull. “Roads will probably dry out pretty fast in this furnace. How long do you figure if they do, and it doesn’t piss and pour on us?”. June felt bad, because Eve had never been the superstar student that she was. Eve hadn’t skipped any grades and didn’t get a perfect score on the SAT. And most egregious of all, Eve hadn’t been accepted into Stanford, her father’s alma mater.June had been an avid badminton player until her early teens, but the academic pressure her parents put on her had taken away all of her free time in favor of advanced after-school study programs. Her parents brought in a piano teacher to give both girls. It's part of our tradition that there are different accents all over the country. It's just that some words, like 'crikey', are not really used by us nobs." He grinned at her and she smiled back."By the way, tonight after dinner," he added, "there's another programme on television that you might like: Z Cars." What's it about?" Policemen in patrol cars. It can be quite exciting." Gosh, yes!" She got the giggles and he laughed with her.Soon afterwards she gathered up the tea things and dealt. "Just in case. You'd better put this in your pocket so you won't forget it lately." Sounds like a good idea." agreed Jerry, as he took the paper, folded it, and put it in his shirt pocket.Vinnie smiled. Now all he had too do was make certain Jerry missed his morning interview. That should be almost as easy as a task for him, as the others had had convincing his wife Phyllis that Jerry actually _had_ the money for his child support payment.Jerry finished his drink."How about another drink?".