"He turned toward the house. Mrs. Phipps’ eyes grew wide and she looked away quickly. His hands went to the front of his shorts to cover himself.He ...pened the sliding glass door and went into the house just as Pam was leading a group of three ladies to the back yard. He panicked and reached for the nearest thing he could find, one of Mom’s magazines laying on the recliner. They said hello and he smiled and said hi back.As soon as Pam closed the sliding glass door, she looked at him and said,. "Do you think you could live here?" I asked. "It is not really furnished with anything but a bed and small table and chair just now," I added, "but we can do something about that over the weekend if you like."She was speechless and could just nod, her eyes brimming with tears for the umpteenth time tonight. "Actually, I was thinking," I continued, "that we might put the bed in the 'wardrobe' - it is plenty big for a single bed and a dressing table - and there are cupboards along the entire. After some halting introductions it became clear that their English was only slightly better than my tourist Italian. With the aid of hand gestures and frequent recourse to a well thumbed Berlitz it was established that they came from Milan and their names were Allegra and Daniela. They were travelling round Europe on a pre-University gap year. Both girls wore fashionable summer dresses in bright primary colors with matching shoes and handbags. Allegra was almost as tall as me at 5' 8" and. To say they were shocked at the mobile home would be an understatement. Edward was more than pleased to have what appeared to be the bedroom in the front compartment.Deirdre was amazed at having her own bedroom and a bathroom to use. Her only reservation was, having Kitty and Sampson along for the ride. Considering her experience with their cousins, this was understandable.Kat informed her that Sampson and Kitty had promised to be on their best behaviour and they wouldn’t chew up her shoes..