.. I guess so," he said.He was still holding her foot to one side, and his eyes still darted back and forth from her frowning face to her privates. Sh... tried to close her legs, and he let go."I think I can do it by myself now," she said, trying to decide why she didn't feel as angry about him peeking at her as she thought she should."Oh ... all right," he said."And stop looking up my dress," she barked."Sure," he said, blushing.But the fact was that, as she climbed down the rest of the way,. Then those bastard bandits had taken all their gains, and they had to go into hock for food and supplys. They could crack the water for air and fuel, using the solar plates, sure- but Damn, they were pissed off, and they woud be ready next time. The bandits were too clever to take any of their equiptment, as it was all indelibily marked, and valueless for resale in the small lunar community, and their tracks got lost in the jumble of fifty years of traffic as soon as they hit the main road, but. Colonel Cross threw me an indignant look. “Who the devil called out the Yeomanry?” he bellowed. “I certainly have not.”“Nor did I,” I said hotly, thinking Ted was accusing me of going behind his back.The troop came to a skidding halt no more than twenty yards from the rear rank of the 28th Foot.At the head of the troop was a florid faced man in an elaborately braided and laced tunic, and wearing a lancer’s shako. He leaned from the saddle and addressed himself to Colonel Cross.“Well, here we. You can never really tell in dreams. Maybe it wasn’t even that long, but Etienne eventually spoke and said, ‘Forgive me for stalling, I just want this time with you to last.’ ‘People pay me for that,’ I thought, but didn’t dare say. ‘You probably don’t remember me,’ he continued. ‘I was always very shy and I usually stayed to myself. I watched you all those years ago and never had the courage to approach you. I fell in love with you then and I have loved you all these years…’ His words trailed.