Sorry. We lingered a bit in Parkersburg, and then hit more traffic than expected. We should be at the house in about an hour though..." Well... okay. ...ou might want to just say a fast goodbye to your parents. Assuming an hour of driving and then a three-hour hike to Blue Spirit, you'll have less than a two-hour safety margin for the * window * " Oh, I know. We won't cut it too fine, I promise." So, did Lois get me all those quantum papers from Oxford Press?" Yep! I just finished talking with. " It will be lovelier today than it was yesterday," the teacher promised. "Why don't you come over to the bed with me and talk about your feelings."Mrs. Gracely tugged gently on the girl's hand and led her to the bed. They sat on the edge.Mrs. Gracely caressed her student's breast, just as she had massaged the breast of the girl's mother 22 years earlier. It was customary among the well-to-do in the region to indoctrinate their children at Gracely House at the first opportunity after the 16th. Though when I did come to visit we would sit for an hour talking. We caught up with what was going on in our lives. Though you were more interested in what I had been up to. Every letter you sent brightened my day. Those four years were over before we knew it. Knowing the next four years to come were going to be the hardest. The promise of writing to each other was made. Which we did on a regular basis. Every letter you sent, brightened my day. I would come back to town four times a year. I. For many days now I have listened and watched and allowed our fates to move closer and closer , neither resisting this current nor attempting to influence the pattern or outcome of this ensuing stream. I have remained alert and attentive to the call of the gods , but have done my best to station myself just close enough to be used if asked of me , yet far enough to minimize the growing fire which has continued to burn within my soul. But never have I allowed myself the chance to forget those.