"Go and get your things in, darlings, and then we'll have a drink."Annette and Harry went to the car and started to bring their luggage in. Annette ha... most so they dealt with that first and carried up to her room. She stopped in the doorway and gasped, dropping what she was carrying. Gone was her single bed. Instead there was a queen-size double."Harry, darling, do you see what they have done?"He nodded dumbly overcome by emotion. Annette tore down the stairs, raced into the kitchen and flung. . next! They sleep where they are told, they march where they are told, they do what they are told, and they do it with whoever they are told to do it with! That’s all it is. Every soldier and every officer goes through it. It’s basic training and that’s how it works. If Al Sharpton had ever served the country like he serves his mouth, he’d know better!”It only got better from there! I watched with vast amusement as my old friend had to put up with Sharpton and Buller trading insults. Sharpton. I turned right as soon as we hit the street, following the thread to Maeve, sending waves of love and reassurance that help was coming over our connection. I had no way of knowing if she was getting any of it, but I had to try.I broke a dozen or more traffic laws as I sped down towards the downtown shopping district.By some miracle I avoided wrecking the car or killing any stray pedestrians along the way.I pulled up in front of a huge building and bailed out of the car as soon as it stopped. ?I?m sorry about that, my colleagues and friends,? he said, ?that was very regrettable. I really hope that we never have to do something like that again. I really mean that!?He smiled sadly from one to another of them and shook his head as if to put the unpleasantness behind them, and then he invited everyone to continue the party and relax as much as possible, and be ready for a full day of productive work the next day.People began to murmur together in their small groups, many still obviously.