Thus, it was not until May of 1826 that the family set out for England. During the preceding two years I had kept in touch with my sister and the Slad...s, and Zinnia was searching the area for suitable accommodation for us to rent, or buy, when we arrived in Grantham.Chloe and Armand, with their son Marcel, visited Blanchards frequently, keeping us ‘country cousins’ up to date with all the news of Paris. Both Chloe and Armand were politically active, and it appeared Chloe was the more radical of. I'd only met Richard a couple of times at parties, but he remembered me well when Phil introduced us. I brought in the photographs; he looked them over quickly in the restaurant."They look great," he said, putting them away in their manila envelope. "I see you like girl-girl scenes."I leaned forward, trying to be as seductive as possible. "I love them," I said. "I love them almost as much as I love working with guys." Glad to see you're flexible," grinned Rich. "I'll have to take a closer look. Then again, I'm not with her that often.Eventually, we put everybody down ... no ... not like a lame horse. To bed. Damn it.In the morning, Wendy was gone. I was sleeping alone. Since we were at Fort Amador and the Texaco docks, I walked to the main office ... they have a fresh water shower.Wonderful."Mr. Josephs," I said as I walked in the door. "May I use the shower?" I think your wife is there," he said."Well ... I'll just go wash her back." I didn't need to know that," he muttered as I. . Umm, sorry again..." Uh- sorry, are you apologising to me?" Janet asked. "Why, exactly?" Well, because, umm, you're the only one of us three who's been married,"Meredith said. "And, well, on that day I'm guessing you didn't wear adress, heh, but, like, you wanted to...?" ...Yeah," Janet sighed, before smiling as her motor mouthed colleaguestared intently at the floor. "But it's okay, really. There's no need tofeel bad, I don't mind talking about it. Therapist says it's actuallygood to talk,.