While they wuz laid out cold on the floor of the express car, Jubal waltzed in an' took all of the money from the safe. He had a full set of keys, aga...n, so he had no trouble gittin' the safe open. Where DOES he git those keys? Jubal also left a nice letter thankin' Mr. Asa Blackman fer makin' it so easy fer him, this time!The T&G had a quick answer fer that one, a brakeman rode in the express car an' checked the coupler afore the train started back up after each water stop. This did a good job. Howard raced his rented car toward Paris. He had gambled all night at a small casino in Monaco that a guy in the Paris office had told him about. His friend had told him that this casino was easy. They were trying to build a reputation and the payouts were larger than any of the other casinos in Monaco. Credit was also easy there. What Howard's "friend" had not told him was that the casino was owned by Carl Detroit and that the table that Howard was steered to was fixed. By early morning, he. I smiled and said hello, like I had every day for the past two weeks now. She looked up at me from the bench and smiled. When she scooted over and asked me to join her I could hardly refuse, or even believe my luck. "You ride this bus everyday don't you?" She said closing her book. I shifted my book bag to my feet and sat my grocery bag on my lap. "Yeah…you do too don't you? It's nice to see a familiar face after a long day of school and work isn't it?" "Yeah it is." She. I got up off the floor and stood to attention. „Sir,“ I said. Already I had learnt the wisdom of showing respect the guards.„You have been assigned as slave to Miss Karena,“ he said. „She is the daughter of Lady Helvetia.“„Sir,“ I said again, nodding my head. There was no point in protesting or asking questions. A captive in such a state had quickly to learn to accept what is happening to him without demure. Unless he wants to be whipped. The guard unchained me from the wall and I followed him.