So maybe despite the prickly brush that was sure to scratch up her bare legs, she was indeed heading off for a trek. I needed to compile handwritten n...tes collected while examining eroding Indian cliff dwellings earlier on the trip, and decided to spend a couple of hours working on the report. Wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, I ambled off toward a large rock overhang which created an oasis of shade in the hot desert sun.A half hour later, I happened to glance up as Donna slowly walked. The strange, pale tribe that has come from across the sea is not a friend to the people. Indeed, within but seven generations, all of the people will be dead by their hands."The council murmured, most in disbelief. The shaman was wise, but the pale tribe was so weak and foolish. There were many more of the people than of this tribe. True, they had strange, frightening weapons, but the tribe were like children. They did not know what plants were good to eat, what herbs cured sickness, what water. A mere drop in the bucket compared to what they were going to have soon... just the three of them. Lord, how happy they were going to be. She could almost cry just thinking of having her own little Igat with her for ever and ever... really, it was all for her... her sweet little baby. There was no sacrifice too great for her to make... Well, she'd burned her bridges now by simply disappearing this way, leaving her place at the Salle de Venus- Apollon, without any word to Rafael Girarde.... " You said you'd been with your husband for fifteen years. You can't havebeen very old when you got married." Old enough. I'm thirty-eight, if that's what you're angling for." I didn't--" Yes you did. Now it's your go."Only fair, I suppose."Twenty-three. Twenty-four in September." Your husband, silly," she laughs."I'd rather not talk about it."I wonder what she'd say if I told her I've only ever seen photographs ofhim."Have it your own way." She pats my arm. "Come on, let's give 6 RedyuffClose.