”He smoothes my hair back. “That’s OK. You can swim in your shorts I don’t mind.”I look down and touch my t-shirt. “My shirts too long. I ...an’t swim good with this on.”He cups my chin and makes me look up at him. “Take it off then. I won’t look I promise.”My hands are shaky. “T-take it off? I-I can’t do that!” I say shyly.He holds my hands in his and walks me towards the pool. He stands only a few inches away from me and begins to take off his swim trunks. I gasp and my eyes widen. He smiles. She looked incredibly sexy dressed in a long white T-shirt, which hung loosely over her voluptuous body and reached down to mid-thigh.“Morning sleepyhead. Time for the birthday boy to rise and shine.”Now usually I took ages to wake up properly, frequently needing to hit the snooze button of the alarm clock a couple of times, but today I was wide awake the instant I heard my mother’s voice, and felt a nervous anticipation of what might be about to happen. I still didn’t really believe it but was. For the same reason. Severe mood swings that indicate mild bipolar disorder.”“And how is that being treated?”“Diet, exercise, stress management, and sufficient sleep. It’s working in both cases. I’m working with an MD who knows about the diagnosis. But he does not know about this issue we just revealed to you.”“What kind of diet?”“Very low sugar, including limited carbohydrates. And as I said, serious exercise. The psychiatrist Stephanie has been seeing is doing pioneering work on controlling. "None of those standing around Don Luis spoke, and all of them seemed perhaps a little disappointed. The whole thing was certainly very clever; but they had expected something better than a trick of springs and wheels, however surprising."Have patience, gentlemen," said Don Luis. "I promised you something ghastly; and you shall have it." Well, I agree," said the Prefect of Police, "that this is where the letters started from. But a good many points remain obscure; and, apart from this, there is.