.. we agreed to buy. That was the easy part. It took six months to arrange a mortgage. Banks and Building Societies wouldn't touch it; we prayed. In t...e end the Council offered us a mortgage. We'd be paying a little more than we'd be paying in rent, but it'd be our house. We had to find a deposit - £500 doesn't sound much today, but it was a lot to us in 1978. We had to borrow money here and there to pay for the renovations, even though we'd be doing much of the work ourselves. We made a grant. Between them they now had eighteen people around town, including in the fort, who could be classified as at least acquaintances. I picked up a new set of warrants the Judge had sent which, interestingly enough, contained a wanted poster and warrant for our old friend, Colonel Ezra Watson.Along with the package, there was a personal note letting me know that things continued to go well in Texas. Based on his correspondence with his friend in Austin, he expected the bill containing the mineral. "Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see, Number 14, while not exactly 'dressed for success, ' is certainly in appropriate attire for tonight. A sweet piece of slave meat, she is college-educated with an advanced degree, single and 32 years old. Her measurements are 35-24-34, 5'10" and 138 pounds. She is a long-time contributor to the theater and has attended several annual slave auctions, but this is her first time in this capacity. Perhaps we have one of her former slave boys out there who would. At all times. The Baby Girl gives herself totally to him, her Dom. She totally submits herself to him. In total Submission. I kind of laughed at the thought of being submissive totally to a man. Not me. Not I. I would never let a man dominate me. We continued talking and he continued explaining this D/s to me. I sat and listened to what Larry had to say. I concluded the conversation by saying I would never submit to any man. With this the conversation ended and Larry paid the bill and we left..