I told the girl to have her mother call me and we'd work something out.Diamond, and the phone, interrupted us. The girl, whose name I did not get, ans...ered the phone very professionally and Diamond steered me away from the desk. Diamond said, "The bath is occupied at the moment. Can I show you around? Maybe you'll get some other ideas."So, I let her show me around. She had the usual array of hair dressers and mani- and pedi- cure stations arranged in a very open layout. There were corridors and. I learned, pretty early-on, that my Girls could make a man's jaw drop. I learned, too, that a lot of my female so-called friends halfway-hated me, for having them. Well, the way I looked at it, neither the admiration nor the hatred was something I had earned, or deserved. But I could enjoy the admiration, and I could ignore the hatred. So I did. Both." Do you ever like -- y'know -- just flaunt it?" I asked her. "Do you -- y'know -- wear bikinis to the pool, and stuff?" At home, I do," she said,. Zetia never did answer me, because Sergeant Scratch and his buddy entered the inn. Scratch immediately asked about the dramatic flight of the lancer from the stables. As it happened the cook and the barmaids came out of the kitchen at the same time to ask if we had enjoyed the meal. The Cliff Tower Inn staff was there when I explained the entire situation to Scratch and Scout. Once again, Scratch took the news well. Scout looked doubtful that scrying with the Magic Mirror allowed me to see our. As I struggled to get her to her feet, I realized I needed some help. So I asked the guys to help me get her up to our room. As we all crashed into our bedroom, carrying her like a sack of potatoes, we tossed her on the middle of the bed. She didn't make a sound or move a muscle. All the lights were on, and as the guys headed out of the room, I yelled for them to stop. I said I need to get her out of her shoes, jeans and uncomfortable clothes or she might wake up pissed and throw them all out.