? ?So that was the giveaway,? she mused. Then, in a moment of mischievousness, she said, ?If you had made a move that night you could have done...so much more – and without even the hint of a fight.? ?Ah, but where is the challenge in that?? he laughed. Then in his most ominous voice, he said, ?It is far more fun to make you do terrible things with you fully aware. Only then will you have to live with the shame.? Kyra laughed. ?Oh, you’re an evil one, aren’t you? Well, don’t. Constance was hooked up with a First Lieutenant called Mister Murphy. He had the respect of all the enlisted men because he had been an enlisted man in the Civil War and had been promoted to officer status due to a shortage of qualified men to lead the troops into battle against the rampaging Indian Nations.Underneath her calm exterior, Constance had a deep-seated and totally irrational fear of all men because she had fuzzy memories of being used poorly by her grandfather. She was not quite. "No, Ralph, come on in all of you and meet a pair of Christian virginswho strayed into the home of Bacchus." All three looked to be in thereearly to late twenties about the same age as Maria and Becky. Only Henry wasa little older. Henry introduced Ralph as Maria's brother, Matthew or Matta friend who helped with the farm and Ruth a vicar's daughter from a parishsome twenty miles away. "I came to live with them so I could get awayfrom my zealot father and all his so called religion and could be. An hour later, I was in my home office trying to work out how I could install the new cameras without tipping off Kathy. Luckily, she provided the solution."I got a call while you were out. I'm sorry, but I have to work this weekend," she said walking into my office holding her phone."That big case has really gone pear-shaped and its all hands on deck." I'm sorry, honey," I replied, thinking this would be perfect.I spent the rest of the weekend working harder than I ever did at my job. I.