. all the Russian grandmothers ... were there and they all remembered the Great Patriotic War ... when meat was impossible to buy. Now ... the profusi...n recalled the abundance between the wars.Tyke wanted Hunter Sausage and she had her nose pressed to the glass.“Let me guess,” Zo said.“Three,” Cynthia said. “You get three.”“You’re going to try the portal,” Zoe suggested.Cynthia made the ‘keep going’ hand gesture.“With the sapphire,” Zoe said.Again with the gesture.“Which stone?”Cynthia grinned.. The Low Friars basked in reflected glory as well, it was known that all my healing and wisdom was learned from them.One of my first enactments as the new Earl was to sponsor a copy smithing of all the hundreds of manuscripts the Low Friars had amassed as well as the few others to be found. It was slightly impious to neglect copying and illuminating the Good Book, but with the unmentionable transgression of my brother who’s name is now unmentioned shadowing my popular, newly ennobled lineage-. Girls under 14 don’t do that. Maybe we could try.”“I don’t know,” Sarah said. “But I guess it would be OK, since we’re both 14.”Bashfully, the two 14-year-olds brushed their lips together.“It doesn’t feel like much,” Sarah said.“Maybe we’re doing it wrong,” Alice replied. “Try opening your mouth a little.”The schoolgirls kissed again. Alice tentatively extended her tongue and licked Sarah’s lips. Sarah liked the feeling. She licked Alice’s lips in return, and soon the two 14-year-olds were. Although Gwen's parents had not liked it when Gwen began her relationship with Judy and me, the arrival of first Jr. then the twins had brought them around 180 degrees from their original objections. When they saw how happy Gwen was and how supportive both Judy and I were of their daughter, they accepted us with open arms and never hesitated when we asked them to take the kids for a few hours or a few days."Gwen, you know I love you as much as I love Judy, don't you?" I asked her as she sat.