“Okay, the answer to one question will determine whether you are full of shit or I am. Okay?” I said.“Yes,” she said, “ask away.”“Custod...?” I said.“Fifty-fifty. Using any formula you wish, so long as it’s even up,” she said. I was nodding.“Fifty-fifty. Half the time with you and half with me. Am I reading that right?” I said.“Yes, you are,” she said. I nodded some more.“Okay, then we can talk,” I said.“You have any ideas? I mean now?” she said.“No, of course not. I mean it’s been less than two. I am a rationalist by nature, an astronomer and astrologer as well as a Court physician by employment. I advise l’Roi, the King, regarding the stars, which explains why I am tolerated here at Versailles and haven’t, thus far, been expelled from the country like a Huguenot heretic.” I added a slight smile to punctuate my answer and show that I regarded the issue of possibly being expelled from France with some humor.She looked at me for a brief moment with her intense gaze as if she were seeking. I immediately glanced at Danny who stood there with a prideful smile. Playfully I kicked a spray of water at him and then took a few quick steps before diving into the chilly water. We swam and splashed around for about fifteen minutes before I complained that I was getting cold. The guys readily agreed that it was time to smoke another joint and we waded back to shore. When we reached the blanket I immediately reached for my discarded suit, but Danny grabbed my arm stopping me. ‘Don’t put that. With no windows and constant artificial light, she’d have quickly lost her natural sense of time. I presumed that she had slept some, not that it would worry me in the slightest if she hadn’t, but it was now breakfast time, she was in my power, and I did have an obligation to feed her.It was still too early in the year and too warm outside to want to have a fire burning in the chimney. Without a fire, I couldn’t make toast. Yeah, I’d looked at buying a twelve-volt toaster, but it would be.