“Aye, but perhaps it wasn’t tight enough, because we could definitely understand what she said. They had just dragged Mr Medcalf and his girlfrien... into the other stall, and the old boy said they might as well put Lady Barbara in there with them, so they started to drag her in, while she was trying to kick out with her boots, hopin’ to connect. She couldn’t see nothin’, as she was still blindfolded. Then Sir Philip, who was already being led away, shook off the hand leading him by the arm and. She took hold of Rover, And felt it all over, And it did what she didn't intend.The blue-gray glow of the moon came through the wide window of the trains semi-private cabin and illuminated all within. I sat staring out, my thoughts lost in an ethereal plain with barely a thread of consciousness linking me to my berth.So distant was I that it took the steward several tries till he was able to get a response. "Sir?" I turned my head, as I had been gazing directly at the bright moon, towards the. The whole scene was so bizarre that I was more affected by the impact of Zolli’s words on Jen than what she had actually said. Jen had understood right away, of course, but I was a step slow. I did catch up though, and that’s when I felt the room tilt, like I was losing my balance. The pit in my stomach dropped. Then it was my turn for my mouth to open and close like that hungry goldfish.Well, that was certainly something.If I was to describe Jen, it would start with “self-assured” and. “They’ll stick to it. Well, that’s the feeling I get. And they do owe you, and that big time,” she said.“Hmm,” I said.In spite of my job, which required a lot of my time, spare and otherwise, we’d been spending a lot of time with each other. Tonight, we were in bed sans our clothes. Well, cold as it was outside; it was January; it was hot as could be inside our bedroom. Crazy hot actually.She played with my toys. I played with her globes—both sets. And yes, we were doing it. And oh boy was I.