After Willie had emptied weeks of emotion into her cavernous tunnel, and it swallowed all his water, I withdrew from her. She let me stand, and then t...rned away hiding her face in her hands. Perhaps she did not want me to see her laughing, hopefully from happiness, and not something a little less than that. When I asked her who she was, where she was going, and what she was doing on board, she stayed mute. From her teeth, glinting in the dark and smiling, me thought she knew what was said but. "Sigfried spoke, "Can you send all these items across to the hotel? Theship has arrived sooner than I expected. There is a very special gueston board we need to meet." With that the group walked down the hill tothe west pier. Nena spoke, "Oh it is massive. Look it must be Russian as it is calledthe St Petersburg."Sigfried spoke, "White Russian to be exact. A unit of White Russians hasbeen in Germany since the First World War. They are loyal to the Tsarand all his family. I did not know though. "Bye," she said softly, and as we walked out with our parcels her head was twisted over her shoulder, her eyes locked on the other girl for as long as possible.We were strangely reserved going round Woolworths to purchase what we had missed — which, frankly, was most of it. We got a suitable maid's uniform for her, and a couple of other outfits, then picked up the few missing bits and pieces she needed in the department store over the other side of the High Street.It took me all of the journey. Bet and Dell had scoured the planet for biological fabric and had found since the last visit that the fabric had been altered to hold colour by feeding the brew different cocktails — the secret was the use of a catalyst in the mix. The bartering skills of the purchasers became legendary as they seemed to know the price which left the seller some profit. The deals were sweetened by the mementos — wood plaques with the Sundowner logo inlaid with platinum and gold. TJ had obtained the wood — a.