Ruth and Eddy hadreal vision. They could make a fortune with this..."Here you are, Dame Sarah," said Eddy, thrusting the test dress in myarms, a stup...d grin all over his face."Gosh, my first dress!" I smiled."But not your last," Ruth chuckled, examining the garment closely."It's perfect, Eddy, not a flaw anywhere. Let's do the real thing now.Then Nick can take it over to Polly." Wouldn't you like to try it on?" said Eddy. There was a littlesparkle in his eye."Not much point really," I said,. But Sue and I wanted to say these few things before sharing our story.Growing up unlovable, meeting the girl who changed all thatSue and I grew up on different continents, in two very different places. She grew up the rolling cornfields of Nebraska, whereas I grew up in the congested and over-populated islands of the UK. We both had normal childhoods, a mix of good and bad. Certainly not perfect, but certainly avoiding the really unhappy childhoods that some experience.Sue’s ‘cross to bear’ was. She thought it was sweet that you kissed me on the shoulder first." Really, you told your mother about that? Didn't she think we were studying?" Hey, mama knows all. She knew what we were doing, she's cool with it." Cool," was all I could think of to say."I told her about that thing you do to my hair too. She says you've got to stop doing it in public." Your mother's saying for me to stop putting your hair in place, why?" Randy?" Yes?" Can you keep a secret?" Sure, what is it?" It makes me. “Nicholas: I wonder if you would very much mind assisting Brother Wallace with a task in the bell tower?”“By all means, Father – though I know very little about campanology.”The Abbot smiled.” It is more physical than bell ringing. But Brother Wallace will explain.”I met the old monk who I’d first seen on the jetty when we arrived and he led me behind the altar in the chapel, to ascend a rickety wooden staircase which eventually terminated in the tower’s bell chamber. Its old whitewashed stone.