I still don’t know what his rush was.” She asked where Bess was and I told her see was sleeping in the game room. “Sleep, what a great idea. ... think I’m going up to do the same. See you at breakfast,” and with that Donna was bounding up the stairs to her bed. I looked at Bill and asked him if he was going to bed too. He smiled and yelled up to Donna, “we are going to have a drink I’m to wound up to go to bed right now. “OK.” She said, “just don’t stay up to late.” We both told her. Sadly this meant that we were usually away for Christmas and New Year, missing Archie more than I ever thought possible for me to miss any man.The lovely man bowled us over with a wonderful surprise the first Christmas we were away from the villa when, instead of dropping us off at the docks, he asked us to get a taxi as he had somewhere to be. When we got to the ship, we found the devious old git waiting for us with his cases. Amid many tears of joy from my wife, he informed us he had nothing. "I suppose you have an explanation of your absence from roll call last night?" "We were working late, Commander! The deck's quite clear now and I think we should be into the rest of the hold today. I used my initiative and take full responsibility. Private Brown was acting under my orders." Angela laughed loud and long. "OK Francesca, you win! Enjoy Frieda, she's a honey and she's all yours! Be happy! I'll look around the rest of the talent, although it's a pretty sorry bunch. Get some eats and. With the other fist, I punched him in the face. Then I punched him again and again until he dropped to his knees, his face just a mask of blood, I let him fall all the way to the floor practically unconscious and then went through his pockets."Mum look." I took out six cellophane-wrapped packets of fifty pound notes, "This bastard had it all the time" I went into an inside pocket and took out his chiv, "My turn now, tell the lady to turn away." and gently I stroked the blade across his cheek,.