"Listen cunt! We can do this the easy way or the hard way. You can either lie down in the back seat and be nice and quiet and behave and maybe I'll be...nice to you, or you can get thrown in the boot and take your chances in there. Which is it to be?" I hiss this into your ear, my voice steady and calm, all the more menacing for that fact."The back seat! I'll sit in there. I'll do what you want, please don't hurt me" your voice betrays your desperation."Good", with that I open the door, shoving. We had a little informal feat of strength lastnight, for a selected audience, which saw quite clearly that I wasperfectly able to repeatedly defeat him in all of the events. In the end, Iconvinced him it would be less humiliating to just get it over with now andabdicate the throne to me there and then, then to suffer the indignity ofbeing pinned down on the ground by his wife in a wrestling match that thewhole kingdom would see." That is a coup d'?tat," I said, shocked."Is it really? The King. Are you going on to Lake Chelan, returning home, or just wandering for a while?’ I asked. Giving me a quizzical look she asked, ‘Just wandering, Duncan? I don’t think I’ve ever done that. Have you spent much time just poking around with no schedule?’ ‘Well, yes and no,’ was my reply. ‘As a kid, before I got serious about making a difference in the world, I did quite a bit of it. Just hopping in my jalopy and starting off to see what the country was like. Used to take my camera along, and for a. As he served the drinks, George joked, ‘I forgot to ask if you want this all on one tab or on separate checks.’ Linda looked at him and then at Lonnie. ‘You know, Lonnie, you should have made him wear one of those male bunny costumes like the Playboy Club.’ George cleared the coffee table of empty glasses and plates and filled the sink behind the bar with warm water and soap to wash the dishes. He listened to the lighthearted conversation as he washed. The ladies were watching the two newcomers.