"Nightfox said, "You're right. I'll be back in an hour. Don't get too close. I'll advise you by radio when I'm right here. You can come get your relie... and show them your observation point."Nightfox left, going back toward our camp, and I moved up the hill to get a view of the front of the cave. Once I was in place, I could see they had trampled down all the vegetation around the cave entrance and for about a hundred feet out. The area had a lot of trees so it wouldn't be visible from the air. Thomas, Tom, looked at me and said 'I wish you luck dealing with her.She needs a little humility. Make sure you show her that." I laughedand told her I would. "Thomas" took our coats and took them to thecloak room adjacent to the entry but not without bumping into Jennypurposely on the way. He mockingly apologized for bumping into theprincess which earned him a declaration by my girlfriend that she wasnumber one in his direction. Jenny took my hand and looking directlyinto my eyes asked me. Her parents had made themselves scarce when I arrived, and I had thought they were leaving us love birds alone for our benefit, but of course they just wanted to be out of the way when the news was broken."So there's no need for you to marry me now." Miriam said, looking gravely at me-she was a solemn little piece, not miserable, just solemn."I don't see why not." I said, and for the life of me I don't know why I answered like that.Miriam gave a smile that lit up her face, the room and the. " WHAT?!" exclaimed everyone at the table except for Bob and Vivian.Bob chuckled to himself, feeling slightly smug. "He's taking one last big job and then he's coming home to Lavender to stay," he explained, "Of course, he's not REALLY retiring so much as taking a lighter work load. Joshua's gonna be one of Lavender's in-city couriers." One of three," commented Miranda, her eyes fluttering as she realized why her Uncle had reacted so favorably to her stepfather's gravy as she tried a bit of the.