There was Emily in old clothes, digging in the flower bed."Lovely garden, Emily." Oh, hi Beth, you're early." Yeah. Sorry." No worries. You just caugh... me all grubby." Well that's fine for gardening," I said."You can let yourself in the back door and have a seat in the kitchen. Help yourself to any drinks in the fridge." Thanks."I went in and got a glass of water and sat waiting for her. After a few minutes, she came in."Well I'm pretty much done for now. I'm glad it's cooler today. It was too. .. Merci Monsieur à votre santé! Hmm, bon vin!Your French is without any accent! Alors vous parlez le Français avec ta mère chez vous évidemment?Tout le temps en faite, vous aussi sens aucune accent Hollandais! We chat in French for a whileI tell her how I learned proper French from french friends at visits of fortnights or longer thereGladly I return to the theme of the party: Wonder with her if the studio would suit as a location?Hard to predict if Petra wil be back in time, but you three are. Your name has been brought up in conjunction with the short list.”I sagged back into my chair at that. My brain was running in about a million directions. After about thirty seconds, I repeated it. “Seriously?”“Yes, sir.”I blinked at that. “Well, it’s certainly not something I had considered. I figured somebody was just trying to stir the pot and see what rose to the top. All I can tell you is that I would have to give this some serious thought.”Two said, “I would think, Congressman Buckman,. I'm sure she'd love to meet you. Are we going to have time for that kind of thing?" We'll have as much time as you want," he said. "The book signing's on Saturday, but we don't have to fly back right that Sunday. We can stay an extra day or two, if you'd like." Ooh, that's tempting," Claire smiled. "We could do some Big City stuff. Go see a play, take a walk in Central Park, have one of those gargantuan New York style pizzas..."Will laughed at her sudden burst of enthusiasm."You're actually.