He stood at attention before her as she worked at his desk, and in the space of moments, he took in her chambers. They were spartan, a warrior's quart...rs that held nothing of real value, with the exception of the warrior's weapons and armor. A simple bed lay against the far wall, no silks for her, just plain blankets and furs."Are you finished?" She asked, not looking up."My apologies Lady. I did not mean to intrude." No offense taken boy." She replied, looking up at him. "You are a fine. That's a good idea." The constable, whose powers in Georgetown seemed to be the equal of any sheriff's, took a pen and made a careful note on the clean sheet before him. "I should have thought of it after I inquired of the ferrytender. Perhaps your friend Mr. Nolan could help there." Yes, he certainly might know something," Beall replied, puffing deeply on his glowing bowlful. "He might."They sat looking at each other briefly, and then Beall blew some smoke toward the ceiling and asked, "Did. " Is it what you was looking for as far as the house and land together?" mom then asked."Yes it is. It is perfect. I can hunt during season if I want to fish, and camp out if we want to, and can not go where we usually go, due to having to work, and we can be care free too, since the neighbors are not right next door like in town where we are or was, living at home with you two." When can we move in?" Tonight if you want to, cause you should have plenty of food to eat for a week in the pantry. Even the rats appeared to have left. Had they had silently fled theirsemi-safe haven, sensing that things would go from bad to worse belowthe streets first? The signs that they had been there lay strewn aboutwherever they walked, but the owners of the tattered clothes and otherdiscarded items were nowhere to be seen. The sewers had a haunted feel to them, as if discorporated eyes had beenwatching them from just beyond the reach of life. The cavernous echoesof their own footfalls and the.