I made a bit of a game out of it, trying to exit the older stacks without being seen by my imagined nemesis but almost every time she managed to cast ...er cold stare upon me. The first time I got away without feeling the red hot nails being driven through the rear of my skull I stopped by the main counter and had a chat with the head librarian. The ‘Ice Queen’, his words not mine, was on holiday for a fortnight; back to Transylvania, he suggested. I laughed appropriately but felt slightly bad. "No, I didn't."Claire then went into a long speech about how Katie always wears reallytight clothes and is a total tramp. It was lost on Andrew as he was stilltrying to remember who Katie was. "(Hmmm, oh! That girl.... Yeah, now Irenember...)" He was lost in thought, thinking about her and her usualatire, when he bumped into something and fell back and landed on hisbutt. "Hey! why don't you watch where your..." He looked up to see a boyroughly his age, who looked equal parts angry and equal. Susan was standing with her eyes wide and with a smile on her face as she took her first look at India. Mr. Smithers was waiting at the gangplank as they disembarked, with a crowd of porters to take charge of their luggage. David introduced Susan as Doctor Fletcher and Smithers doffed his hat as he kissed her hand. He said the train was due to leave at two, which only gave them three hours to unload the crates and get them on board. He went on to inform David that their journey to Kanda from. I’ll call and have her sent home. All the fixings are ready for brunch. Come to the kitchen, we’re pretty informal here.’ Her words were running together and she was almost out of breath. ‘Jenny, calm down. You’re running at ninety miles an hour,’ he chuckled. ‘Look, I have a suggestion before Nikki gets here. I don’t live far from here, and I have a swimming pool. Why don’t you and Nikki come and spend this lovely, warm summer afternoon at my place, and I’ll barbecue dinner for you. I’m sure.