Then Stan and his sister Carol walkedin together. He scanned the room and saw Sally and I sitting there. I amthe 'new' girl, so he came to our table."...tanley," Sally said brightly, "this is Jennifer. She's a friend ofmine." And where have you been hiding her Sally! Can I sit here?"Of course he sat next to me, making my entire body pulse withtrepidation, glee, and hope. Hope that he did not decide that I am aboy, fear of discovery by anyone, and the joy that he found meattractive. A real mix of. Her dirty blonde hair was pulled back in a ponytail. She sat down with a draft beer that I ordered already in front of her. ‘Jenny and Karen said Bec left the same time that they did. Is she going to meet us here?’ I asked, not sure if I was meeting them both here from the text. ‘No, Chuck, she texted me saying she was going home to make a margarita. I was off today. I didn’t tell her I was meeting you at all,’ was her reply. ‘So what got into you that you both sent me pics like that?’ I asked,. She shouldn’t join us if she can’t get on with them.”Bright Fox turns up and tells Will what he has to do while handing him a set of clothes to wear. She leaves him to go into the hogan to speak to the women. Will takes the opportunity to go have a bath in the nearby river before getting dressed in the clothes just given him.Thinking he may have to wait some time for the ladies Will looks at some of the wood piled up for camp fires and he selects a few pieces to work with. Then he sits to work. Three score of these slightly diminutive figures shrouded inbrown flaxen cloth with bowed heads, slowly and silently made their wayto the sorceress's side and took their places along the broad woodenstaircase.The king was strutting his horse backward and forwards in an excitedstate. I was witnessing the preparations for a ceremony with me at itsepicentre, and this king seemed very excited. I needed to be ready tocapitalise on any opportunity that came my way. Her wariness and hisvanity could be.