Ismiled back and noticed her smile turn to a slightly puzzled stare. Ipaid it no heed and continued tugging at the laces until we were mutuallysatisfi...d with the fit. It was only then that Aunty Bev spoke as sheturned around to face me."What are those marks on your shoulders darling?" she asked.For a moment I had no idea what she was talking about until she reachedforward and traced her fingers over my shoulders and under my adolescentpectorals."What marks aunty?" I replied innocently."These. "Come in dear, Christ you're soaked. Come in, come in, don't worry about the furniture, it'll clean. Get comfy, I'll get you a towel. Tea?"Amy is grateful, if a little taken aback by the man's forthright nature."Thank you, thank you very much. I'm Amy." Sam" he shouts as he hurries away to the kitchen.'House' is an understatement. This is a stately home. Amy slowly pulls off her jacket and finds herself spinning in place in the lobby, taking it all in.Artwork upon artwork upon artwork.. The basic layout of the outer shell had been completed that morning,this was two floors, each with two outer sections and two internalsections. Although I had missed seeing it, they had laid the groundfloor sections side by side, levelled everything off with screw-jacks,(along with shims to evenly distribute the weight,) and then bolted thesections together with lots and lots sealant. Apparently, the secretwas to get the initial ground floor properly levelled. Once this wasdone, the second. "It's a win-win situation."Barry stood there with mouth open."Of course we would have to carry him some of the way. He's too smallto walk far on his own," Sean said."Oh, yeah. I hadn't thought of that," Chuck said."I suppose he could walk part of the way," Sean said, touching his lipthoughtfully as he studied Barry."And we could switch off carrying him the rest!" Chuck said."That might work," Sean nodded. "How much does he weigh, anyway?" I don't know," Chuck said. "Fifty pounds?" Fifty?".