.. and learning the ropes.”“The mooring includes one day admission to the Club.” She pointed east. “Now you need to go to Lyttelton Port Compa...y.”Lyttelton wasn’t half the hassle that Timaru was.“Timaru warned us,” said the Port Officer, producing a stamp.Whack“Seven 18 year olds?”“The girls. Two men.”“Chaperones?”“Nope ... crew.” I said, “I saw two wrecked and abandoned sailboats on the way here, what’s up with that?”“We had an earthquake. Localized tsunami. Destroyed a bunch.” He pointed. Still, the house just didn’t feel right. ‘David Brody, 32, is the registered owner here,’ the captain said quietly. ‘That puts him solidly in the age range of the profile we got on the killer.’ Gabe nodded absently, his mind on what could be going on inside. Making up his mind, he headed toward the front door. There was a lighted doorbell next to the old fashioned metal screen door and he hit it with his finger. * * * * The buzzer at the top of the stairs went off, startling David, making him. Three hours later when the game broke up and some of us headed up to bed, I found myself walking away holding two one dollar chips and some change. No real problem, because usually I kept a hundred dollars of US currency in my travelling bag and I could buy back some chips from the winner that evening.I have no idea how Sheila Hughes and I finished up at the bar together. I think Boney had gone off to phone someone and Sheila had decided to wait for him in the bar with me, instead of standing. ‘What are you eating?’ ‘Garlic’ ‘How often do you eat garlic each day?’ ‘Five or six times.’ ‘Why do you eat it?’ ‘So I don’t smell my peculiar body odor.’ They finished their coffee and Walt reminded Mira that their contract required her to carry out every reasonable instruction he issued. He urged her to discuss anything she had a problem with. ‘Right, go run a bath. Garlic is banned forthwith, please trash it as soon as you leave this room. ‘Please thoroughly wash your lower crevices with a.