Nothing I had encountered in the past was as striking as the distortion of the Mormon influence on this thing we have labeled as “Manifest Destiny�....I always tried to keep my ear to the ground when it came to matters of morale and general perspective on the progress of our journey. I knew the time had come for us to separate from the railroad crowd at the earliest opportunity rather than hanging on until some dire circumstance would rob us of that option.We struck out from the railroad camp. Mark and Megan, staying home and just sharing a bed together, without a load of jealousy, and then being available to nurse the other pair if necessary, without all that distress.“Now,” Mark said, “if that was not Communal self-help, I had never seen a better example!” Both couples, by mutual agreement deciding to restricted their swapping to just the weekends when the pair Megan described as `pain junkies’ were away, so as, in Marks words, “not to get stale, as when all was said and done, they. It was a pleasant feeling."The others have spoken to me," Brock admitted, "about you. I confess that I was a little in the dark about your actions." Once again, my fault," Merie said. "I should have followed through on my initial plan. I planned to make my move on you the first night I came back here. But then Randi was here and, well, you seemed so angry. Once you told me about Chastity, I changed my mind. I didn't want to be a rebound for you. I also didn't want to risk losing you to her. The car was quicklypassed and Charlotte started running after the car to see if she couldagain see person. However, the car was too quick, even in the small lanesso Charlotte was left wondering.* * *The following Monday soon came. The days before had been filled withgetting all the small items needed for school. Charlotte hadn't got outthe learning habit as she had been learning one thing or another eversince the being buried alive."I'll drive you into school today and you can catch the bus.