The receptionist greets you and I snap out of my trance. Steve mentions the poor meal to the receptionist and to add it to the room. You are handed th... key by myself but you don't really take much notice. Once at the room you enter first and want to cry. In the room is a large table with chairs all around. Back downstairs you both come and the second complaint is made. I ask the receptionist which rooms are available and she points to the screen. "This is a treat for my wife's birthday" calls. I'm still taking it the way we always did in the old days, so unless he's changed lately, just get one the way your husband likes it."Anna apparently didn't mind serving as his hostess; she turned and went to fetch his coffee. Tau gestured to a nearby group of chairs and said, "Shall we have a seat while we wait for Epsilon? I expect him shortly, of course."They'd no sooner settled in, with Gamma getting the first sip of his coffee out of the way, when another of those guys from the mirror. When they didn't make any threatening moves he relaxed. Between his poor Caddo and their poor English he discovered they were basically escaping or running away from the reservation they had been on. Their family originally came from this area and they wanted to return to it. They begged for food. If he would not feed them all they begged for food for the three children at least.Sam asked them to follow him back to his cabin. When they wandered into the yard Dove saw them and came toward them.. "Good evening ladies. I'm Joan and I'll be yourwaitress for the evening. Actually I'll also be your cook, dish-washerand shop keeper. That's the trouble with running a place like this earlyin the season. You have to do everything yourself. In fact if you want tocomplain to the manager about the service, that'll be me too", she addedwith a smile. "So, are you ready to order?"Having taken the adult's orders she turned to the kids. "What sweetchildren. You know you two remind me of me 'n' my best.