I looked down at the plate of food I would normally have eaten already. And looked at Morad's concerned expression, though his attention now seemed di...ided, given the ribaldry taking place around us."I thank you but no," I said to the girl, wondering a minute at her voice. Her accent seemed a bit refined, but I recalled some of the gentry of this particular region had fallen on very hard times. She perhaps had not been raised for this life. "I'm fine." If you're sure," she said, then smiled. I. As we got ready for dinner, I put my plan into action. I showered first and when I came out, I didn’t cover myself. As she got into the shower, I entered the bathroom to apply make-up where the only mirror was. Every now and again, I peeked at her in the shower. Her beautiful black skin glimmered under the assault of the water. I chatted about the animals we saw, the number of birds we could identify and the uses of tree bark. She was relaxed when she stepped out, forgetting for a moment that. ’ ‘That’s what I thought. I’ll be back in 30 minutes.’ ‘Make that 10 minutes, I know where the secretarial pool is.’ ‘I was going to use the bathroom.’ ‘Make that 13 a half minutes.’ ‘I’m not even going to ask you how you have that figured out.’ ‘I’ll give you the numbers if you would like?’ ‘No thank you Doctor, I’m sure you’re correct.’ ‘I am.’ ****************** The three boys were working on the second level of their spaceship, when Teddy decided today was a good day to be a. This seemed to agitate the tall one.“Oh thanks, but you needn’t bother, we’ll be ok, won’t we Candy?” ‘Candy’ was still looking at me with some admiration; her friend shook her.“OK, so you’re impressed with being rescued by a knight in shining armour girl, but remember WHO you are and get a grip!” Candy looked at her friend and her smile waned a little, I was a little puzzled as to why her friend was so bothered about me walking with them for a while, after all, the thug I knuckled had simply.