" I said."Hardly ordinary Maxine," Priest said. "When we began working on this project we knew that we needed a human model for our girl. One of my as...istance found your story and TV show on line. We used you for a model, since we were close enough to the end, so that we were ready to do that." I am truly flattered, even if was just lucky timing," I replied, even though I wasn't quite sure that it was a compliment. I turned my attention to Lucy. "So how are you Lucy?" I asked slowly."I'm just. "Ah, yes, your Lordship. Hmm." He glanced at the apparatus. Amanda caught it and looked as well. She leaned to one side for a better look.It look remarkably like a setup she saw in a chemistry class once, where the instructor was showing them how to distill a particular material from another. She had never been into the back room where Vanlo kept his experiments, so it was all new to her."Is there a problem, Vanlo?" Roquan asked, but from the trace of amusement in his voice, he already knew. "She laughed. "Well, maybe we will."She stood up straight and crossed her arms. I wondered if she took offense at my remark.We were silent as the next three batters walked. Her son strolled to the plate and the woman swayed toward me, our hips brushing together."I get so nervous when he bats, I usually can't watch."I slipped my arm around behind her and put my hand on her waist. "Don't be nervous. He won't get hurt with the helmet on and he's got as good a chance of doing something good as. But it was fun," she conceded. "That's settled then," Corrine announced. "Sort out your old school uniforms and come back here on Saturday evening. Dan will warm all three of our bottoms with his slipper." "I'm not sure if I've still got mine," Phillipa said in an almost disappointed voice. "I think I have," Judy began. "Or at least most of it. We can buy what we haven't got." Corrine jumped in. "Don't forget your stockings. You know… the light tan ones we were allowed to wear in the fifth.