I continued, "Does any order use a ping pong paddle as an implement?" No sir", they did not look quite as happy at this turn of events."How about we c...ange the birthday spanking rules if you are over 100? At the beginning you get one swat with the ping pong paddle for every 20 years over 100. Tina would get 34 swats with the paddle and then 104 with my hand".They all looked much happier, Tina said, "Sir this sounds like a good idea, we can try it now. I certainly don't mind being the guinea. "I noticed he no longer had the tent in front of him. For a split second I had a flash of jealousy when I thought that maybe the nurse had taken care of it for him. But I didn't notice any telltale signs. Her buttons were all buttoned and there wasn't anything seeping out of her mouth."OK. I'm going to spend Saturday with my family. Nancy's in charge. He's got a prescription for some dope if he needs it but he doesn't really want it. Let Nancy make any decision about that. You both know how to. " Ahh, I was wondering, because most men would find the stick you hold tobe overly fine."Confused, since it seemed to be the plainest of the bunch, I said, "Butit hardly has any decorations." Not that type of fine Miss. Here hold up your hand, see how muchsmaller it is than mine? Well we men find a lady's stick, like that one,too thin for comfort. We need something more solid."Feeling embarrassed, despite the logic in my finding a woman's walkingstick the most appropriate, I blurted, "Lord. A week ago, that might have been a touchy subject. That they had managed to survive him ripping the Band-Aid off the wound that was her sordid past only made her more confident that they were meant to be together. No other man on earth would have taken the news of her being a whore as a minor detail the way he had. It made forgiving him for his invasion of her privacy so much easier.Although the rest of the tour group was going to Lacock and then on to Bath, Mac arranged separate transportation.