Fortunately due to a moderate inheritance left over from my dead grandmother I was able to buy the place without having a mortgage. I was just prepari...g to settle down and do some research into a recent anti-nuclear newspaper article when I heard a cry from outside. I got up, slightly irritated at the interruption and peered out the window. It was too dark to see clearly, but in the dim glow of the street lamps and the brief illuminations of lightning flashes I noticed two figures struggling.. She went to the Ladies where she washed her face and combed her hair. Merle watched her come and go and felt anxious for her. Isobel was normally so cheerful and her behaviour seemed unnatural but it was not for Merle to say anything.When Isobel returned it seemed that Merle's anxiety was misplaced. The smile and the bounce in Isobel's step were back to normal."Success!" she announced. "We got everything we wanted for Mr Corsellis. If his ex steps out of line she's for the high jump." Great!. It was the only meal I took outside the hospital cafeteria.It seemed that Jane, the nurse, was a bit of a salad connoisseur. The restaurant she chose had about twenty different specialty items on their salad bar. I had a grand ole time mixing items with the basic bed of lettuce.I gave Jane a really good look while I ate my salad and pizza. She was very tall and quite thin. She either had breast implants or wore an industrial strength bra. It wouldn’t be unusual for a woman her age to have had. " Come on. Let's go get a cup of coffee. She's gonna do a couple touch and goes and then she'll be back here. And I'm gonna sign her off to go take her written, too. She gets that, some practice, a little more dual instruction and she'll get her private license." Yeah, I know. But still ... my wife..." She's plenty good, Alan. She says you let her fly all the time, and she translates what she does in the 182 to the 152." Yeah," I said. "she pretty much pushed me out of the left seat when I told.