I hesitated and replied in the affirmative. She asked if 7:30 at the Main Street pub was okay, and again I answered in the affirmative, not realizing ...:30 was only a short hour-and-a-half away. That meant I had to hurry up and get ready. I arrived at a quarter after seven; the pub was packed as expected. I decided to order a beer and wait by the door. I was looking for a woman wearing a black dress with a red scarf; 7:30 arrived but she hadn’t yet. I guess I wasn’t too surprised. Since I was. Dad asked ‘That was Kate?’ I just nodded. ‘You didn’t go out of your way to introduce her to us. Probably your mother will have something to say about that. We raised you to have better manners.’ ‘I’m sorry if it bothers you dad, but she rubs me the wrong way. I offered to make the John available for her to use. She demanded to be brought along today. I didn’t tell her where I was getting it from, so until mom came out and grabbed her, she didn’t know who you were.’ ‘So why are you going out of. But then the misfortunes of war had delivered her into the hands of her clan`s enemies. In the barbarous times of old, defeat meant humiliating enslavement for one of Lillith?s class. Dragged from her castle, she was paraded through the streets naked and in chains to the auction block.Her golden haired beauty made the crowd gasp as she was displayed by the eager slave merchant. Biding was brisk and the sums grew large as she hung her head in shame. It appeared that Lillith would surely be sold. It was very early in the morning and he felt horrible. His head was throbbing and there was a sour taste in his mouth. His bowels were boiling. He hadn’t felt that bad since the time in high school when he had polished off a bottle of vodka one night. He had never been able to stand the taste of vodka since then. He hoped the same would not be true for beer from now on.He stood up and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked terrible. At the least, small kids and grandmothers would be.