It was so beautiful. I fell in love with the surroundings right there and then. This picturesque cottage was situated on top of the north cliffs, near...to the coast. The view was sensational. I just couldn’t stop looking out at the gorgeous horizon in its entirety. The sea view from the cottage was simply breathtaking. I was in awe of the beauty all around me and felt swept away by the Cornish scenery; I’d never seen anything quite like this before, it was perfect.He arranged the guest room for. “I apologize for not being here on Sunday. I had to be in Vermont and Pittsburgh on business.”“I was kind of bummed because I wanted to talk to you Sunday.”“I should have asked Abbie to let you know. The trip to Pittsburgh had been planned for months. The Vermont trip was a recent change, but even without it, I wouldn’t have been here Sunday. I should have let everyone know back in December. What did you want to talk about?”“What do you think?” she asked with a silly grin.“I never make. I considered the fact that my grandfather had been born in 1868 in Boston and that I had fought in the Civil War several years before he was born as a cornerstone of my convoluted thoughts about my upcoming trip back into the past.Eve was helping shape my data bank structured mind into some sort of constructive thinking about the impossibility of a trip around the world to get back to their home in Czechoslovakia by the Legion fighting for survival in the changing map of Europe. That changing. Perhaps “hit-and-run” is a better way of putting it. She hit, then ran. But I am getting ahead of myself.When I was introduced to Marie she had just gotten divorced from her ex-husband, Richard. As Marie had no place to go, Gerri let Marie move in with her until she could find an apartment of her own. Marie was pretty down about the divorce, so Gerri and I decided to take her clubbing to help show her what she had regained with her newfound freedom.We had hit three bars and it was getting late.