. Was it taking too much of a risk?"But Joan was screaming with laughter: "You silly idiot! It may be only a fancified sex-change, but for a raw novic......" she shook her head in wonder. It was the same old lesson, of course -- no power of intuition was any good if one fell for the lure of the obvious. It was so damn obvious that Betty and Anne must have been pulling tricks for Meg behind the scenes, that she'd never stopped to consider the automatic assumption, despite the showy. .. What about Dukov ... so he's still going to Athens? You're still good to go on the plane crash? OK ... good. Good. Let me secure fax you what we have so far, and then you tell me if we're not ready ... OK ... OK ... Great! The 23rd baby, the 23rd ... I just wish I could be there pumpin' rounds myself. Yeah ... we'll show them. By the way, how many people do you think you got storming their capitol? Sounds good ... Danube City ... OK ... OK, Cutter, that's great!"Jason stood in the basement. You reckon they're KKK?"Captain Johnson jumped upright from his slouch to sit very straight, "Are you sure of that tattoo, Ranger Murphy?"Sean had never heard him sound like that, before. It was almost frightening! "Yeah, Cap'n. I'm dead certain." You two sit right where you are. Don't move. I'll be back within half an hour." With that, the captain rushed out of his office and headed out the front toward the hotel.He was back within 15 minutes with the two men who had been in his office the day. You're the one who accepted being head of the clan. This is your decision but I think that William is correct in his assessment." I think it's time, we headed back. The women will be wonderin' if we went shopping without them if we stay out much longer." Pap laughed and then we joined in.I rode back with Dad with Pap leading us back to the house. The old Ford was gone when we pulled up to the house. Everyone came out to look at the new Ford and sit inside it to get their new car smell quotient..