No-one quite knew what made her tick.Caroline was persistent. "You've got this huge thing in your life, andno-one else knows about it. If you keep i... a secret you'll becomebitter and twisted and unhappy. And if you're not open about it fromthe start, you'll never have a lasting or a satisfactory relationship."I shrugged. Perhaps she was right. But I baulked at the implications.I wasn't ready to - I simply couldn't - be open about my life. The fearof ridicule or worse was too great."You. So he'd gone to The Elysian Fields that night and being a gentleman had come to this little pet's rescue, not understanding really that I didn't exactly need rescue, although I sure as hell wanted it."Luckiest night of my life... for the next two years we went places and met people and saw things... oh, Harry. Anytime you wonder how I know something or where I met someone or how in the world did I ever hear about thus and so, it was probably because of those two years. There was no place his. ‘Leave me alone!’ ‘Absolutely daft of me that I never saw this coming,’ Elizabeth told me over cocktails at the beach-side café later on that evening. ‘Of course Margaret is uncomfortable in a bathing suit, and of course seeing her dowdy old mother setting an example would only hurt rather than help, especially with her sisters lolling about comfortably in their two-piece suits. Honestly, Agnes, I had such high hopes she might yet dodge what I lived through. But the world has not changed nearly. Slipping from the bed and sliding her feet into her slippers, he too rose; before she reached the door, took her hand and silently led her to the bathroom. “I am a big girl” she told him “I have been peeing by myself since long before you were born!” he didn’t answer, just took a seat on the toilet and swung her round so that she was facing away from him then pulled her onto his stiff pole before she could protest, kissing her neck and fondling her breasts as her weight settled onto his lap,.