I'm not real good at it but would like to improve, Mas-Tom. Enjoying your taste will give me a reason to do that and get better."Thank you for permitt...ng me to do that."I responded. "It was my pleasure, Leelee."Ladies, we do need to rise and eat breakfast. I would like to move on today if that's agreeable to the two of you."Merry smiled. Leelee said, "What ever you want." Her head popped up. "That was wrong, wasn't it? I need to say what I think." She thought a moment. "I think I would like for. Daisy appeared near the stairs, signing the word come. They had used the slate to learn a few basic words from her, and so Mike followed, leaving Ratu behind to bask in the sunlight.Down the stairs he went, the smell of breakfast hitting his nostrils and making him salivate. Last night’s meal had been a perfectly good stew, but he was ravenous once more. Zel moved around her makeshift kitchen, carefully navigating the narrow aisle between tables.“I found some grains this morning,” she said,. He is older than you by a few years, but he is solid as the base of those mountains back to the east of here.”I heard Tom stomping on the porch and told her...“He’s here now, Malena. Have his coffee in your hand when he comes through the door. Meet him with his coffee and – smile, Girl, smile.”When Tom banged on the kitchen door, I shouted, “Come on in, Tom.”He came through the door with a smile on his fresh shaven face and his hat in his hand. He was met by Malena with a mug of hot. We came ta another town what wuz a bit larger than that other one we stopped at. This one had an inn, and Cindy wanted ta stop fer the night in a real room. The price wuz kinda steep, but I went along. I did expect some luxury, since I was havin' ta pay 10 cents fer our room an' 5 cents fer Ezra.Cindy wanted a bath, but that cost two cents more, so we decided ta share the bath water. The room weren't all that big, but they did manage ta git a tub inta the room. It took five trips by the house.