"By now the water was hot enough and Pelle poured it into the tub. Then, as promised, he hung a blanket from the rafters shielding the tub from view. ...e laid out a homespun dress of his mother for Marja to wear and showed her the soap bar. As instructed, Marja threw her old rags to the floor and Pelle had Matthias bring them outside along with his own filthy rags. When Marja was washed and dressed again, Pelle made the boy jump into the tub. Then he set to work with a comb to untangle Marja's. I was actually attracted towards her but not in a vulgar way. But what happened was since i was so like a intimate little brother to her, she didnt mind me a lot. She used to come out from bath just with wrapped around towel showing cleavage and her thunder thighs, wears her bra turning around with back facing me. These kind things actually aroused me but i had to control my emotions. Then as usual i hugged her slept the whole holidays . then suddenly this happened. One evening, everybody left. She had a black eye, and a split lip, but otherwise was very pretty, with fine features and gentle curves. ‘Hi, what are you doing out here? Do you need some help?’ I asked her. She lifted her head to look at me, but seemed unable to focus on me. I took the headlamp off, and shone it on a rock to provide diffuse lighting to the area. ‘I’m Ben, what’s your name?’ I asked her. ‘No English’ she replied in what I thought was a Russian accent. ‘Vui gavaritzya pa Ruskya?’ (Do you speak Russian?) I. I am so pleased with you, Rebecca. Very pleased indeed!”Rebecca nodded slowly. “I wish you’d tell me what this is all about, Leda. Where is my younger self?”Leda laughed softly. “Quite a shock, I imagine, stepping back to 2014 in that manner. The important thing is you sent her through, Rebecca.”“Yes, but for what reason? And what about—”Leda gazed at her, eyebrows raised.She doesn’t know about my older self, Rebecca thought. Better to keep it that way for the moment.“How could I be two places,.