The girls were the biggest and best asset we had. Both worked incredibly hard. Every morning we cooked forty-four breakfasts in two shifts, and every ...vening we dished up forty-four dinners for the hungry men. Then it was a quick change for the girls as they opened the bar leaving me to a mountain of washing up.After the first rush was over, it was all hands on deck, we prepared forty-four sets of sandwiches, it was hard work and long hours, but the money poured in. We invested in a dishwasher. Mike had seen Doc Holliday behind the servery of the main galley and he also caught up with Brian Perkins in the ladder bay one day while he was having a smoke.“So there’s three of us Betty’s on board,” Polly said, sitting on a bollard smoking.“Yeah, I saw Doc in the main galley. Are you two still, you know?” Mike asked, arching a brow.“Yeah back in Pompey,” sailor’s slang for Portsmouth.“We meet up with Jimmy and Billy when their ship is alongside. They’re both in HMS Leander and she usually. “She did it!” Elaine cried out. “Don’t be afraid, darling! It will be a wonderful new world! Everything will be all…” She screamed as she felt herself dissolving. Then, miraculously, she was whole, again. She felt… incredible – completely rejuvenated. She gazed into Jacob’s eyes. They were coupled together, making love in free fall in the center of New Eden.“Everything’s all right now,” she said, not understanding why she said it, but knowing it was somehow important. Jacob looked at her. I think they'd probably accept it. You've run the Pitsbury branch well. If you do go back into estate management you'll be based in London and Mum and I would be delighted to have you in the flat." What about Tricia?" She's been making independence noises and so I think would be happy to move to somewhere else." OK, Dad. Many thanks. I'll need to talk it over with Joanna. Any idea when Pitsbury might come to an end?" How about when you marry? Or is that going to be next week?"Simon laughed..