Une librairie jouxtant le magasin, Marie sortit et revint promptementavec un et, ne se souciant de rien ni de personne, entra dans ma cabineafin de me...r?duire au silence. Mes menottes me furent replac?es aussi.Nous avons alors rejoint maman au comptoir et la vendeuse, pointant lesdiff?rents articles, me demanda si j'?tais satisfaite de mes choix.Etant dans l'incapacit? de r?pondre, maman vint ? mon aide en r?pondantoui. Nous avons ainsi fait 3 magasins et Marie me tenait par le braspour me. He rubbed Noel through the sides of hispolyester/spandex dress while Noel finished cooking. Noel put the mealon the table he had set for them before he served Thomas his meal.After Thomas finished telling Noel about his day, he asked, "How was yourday?" It was interesting," Noel replied."How so?" Well, the promotion of Lucy caused a little stir," Noel replied with asheepish smile."I bet it did," Thomas replied with a grin."What?" Noel asked, inquiring about Thomas's amusement."I was just. “Nothing.” he said. “No. I couldn’t take money of alovely lady, er couple of nice people like you.”Had I misjudged this person, was he after all goingturn out to be a nice human being, despite the factthat he didn’t much look like a human being. But no, Ihad been right. He was a complete sleaze ball.“No, I couldn’t take money but if the little lady wouldbe nice to me….” “Now just a minute!” I cut in. I was just about to. " Tell them thanks," I asked him.He laughed, "Already promised them all a barbeque and beer bust." I'll buy," I laughed. "Well, I'll buy what I can buy."He laughed too. "And we'll get Johnnie Dugan a big ol' case of scotch. Lord, that man can drink!" Maybe I'll contribute a case of Grape Nehi, instead."We traded a few more jokes, and then Officer Moss spoke one last time. "Time for me to get out of the way, Tom. You listen to Johnnie, Tom. He's good, really good. Good luck!"A minute later,.