We sat near the fifty-yard line with Carl and George Jeffers, our new athletic director. It was a fine clear and cool evening that would have been ide...l if only we had won the game. Unfortunately, we played nearby Bay Shore, a perennial powerhouse in both football and basketball. We were routed 42-17. Toni and I retreated to her house where we made the most beautiful and intense love until almost four in the morning when we succumbed to exhaustion. We fell asleep in each other’s arms, covered. Then about twenty years after the army and having drifted apart from each other, each in our own direction, me getting married, divorced and married again, he suddenly pitches up out of the blue on my doorstep for a surprise visit.Now I must be the first to admit that he always was a bit "rough around the edges" and my wife, only meeting him for the first time after we had been married for ten years, was not too impressed by my friend's demeanor!So needless to say at around 22h00, after having. I'll be using your space in thegarage." As I hung up I heard a muttered "yessir" faintly over the line. I could see the warm glow of lights and the slow flickeringof candles inside the house as I pulled into the attached double garage, next to Carols car. I was feeling exhultantas it sunk in that I was here finally and it was happening.My nerves had mellowed into a wonderful electric sensationof confidence and excitement. I knew this would be pickedup on by Carol and Smallgoods. This was going. Pointing to the map, Masterson said, "We're going to take down this section of the wall over the next week and keep it open using the ballistae. We won't attack right away. Instead, we'll turn our attention to this section of the wall and take it out. About the time that section of wall comes down, we'll attack the front and rear gates with the battering rams. If all goes according to plan, we'll have four entries into the citadel."Nodding, Sid said, "We'll have a four to one advantage in.