Mel and I were looking for men to wind up. That meant we had to find a nightclub. Fortunately, the best one in the area was in plain sight directly di...gonal from where we were on the other side of the harbor.So, we walked the 400 yards to Le Vintage. It was a little, probably former, fisherman’s cottage right on the end of the causeway between the inner and outer harbor. Our boat was prominently obvious on that side of the harbor.The place itself was a little crowded but it featured an African. She spoke to the guard."Permission to speak, Ma'am?" Permission granted!"The guard liked Clarissa. In the three months she had been on this working party she had worked tirelessly and had never, except on her first day, been punished for slacking, even in the fearsome heat of the last couple of months."May I please take my clothes off and work naked, Ma'am?" Clarissa and Miranda had both stripped off many times during the evening rest period at the prison compound. Clarissa had been looking. The soldiers had barred the doors from the outside. Screams came from the inside. Someone broke one of the stained glass windows trying to create an escape. One of the Ironsides moved to that and slashed out with his sword."Back you Papist dog. Greet the fire. You'll know more of it in hell with your sows and your whelps."I grabbed his arm and broke it, his sword falling from his nerveless hand. I decided the window idea was a good one but it needed more room. So I whirled him off the ground. I've known about your transvestite tendencies for years now, and it doesn't really bother me. I just wished you'd had the courage to tell me, that's all. But the adultery? Didn't know until a few months ago."Charlie tried to speak, but was cut off again."Almost every single WEEK, Charlie!" Michelle shouted. There were, he noticed, tears in her eyes now. "Why? Am I not... no." She gritted her teeth. "I promised myself I wouldn't think like that any more," she said, almost to herself. "You hurt.