We had just been out for dinner at a beautiful little Thai restaurant on Sydney’s North Shore and naturally we had had quite a few glasses of wine w...th our meal, After we called a cab to go home but before the cab arrived I said to Janice that the night is still young so why don’t we go do something exciting and she agreed so we ended up heading up to the Cross for a stroll around checking out the sights. As we were walking down Darlinghurst road and walking past one of the many little night. What I wouldn´t do for a plate of smoked fish and a nice, soothing water-pipe on one of the perfumed, and more importantly dry, seaside terraces of Al-Firist...Lightning suddenly flashed above me, thunder cracking. I started up, not quite expecting such a quick show of elemental force. This would not do. The storm looked to be more than a simple rainscall. The clouds churned and boiled with strange energy. The aetherometer at my hip was spinning out of control, signalling that this was a. "But then again, it might beinteresting to try a date from the guy's perspective."I just smiled faintly at that, but didn't say a word. We gave each othera few more quick warnings about what to expect over the next two days andthen she got up to leave. She paused to look around with a sad look onher face, especially as she looked in the direction of Mina's room."I'll take good care of her," I promised.Ann just gave me a steady look and said, "You'd better," before shefinally turned and left.I. And it wasn't soooo difficult because it really wasinteresting! And both Emma and Anne had decided on the mostfabulous outfits, the one in teal and ivory, the other in a rustygold. And then the question of highlights. To have or not to have,and if to have .... ? And .... and .... and so many things. Andperhaps it was all for the best because David felt quitedebilitated when he thought of the future. A future away fromHelgarren. Easier to let it happen. To trust to fate. Almost aseasy as if he.