He barely looked me and said something under his breath. Harold slowly got off his stool and they spoke. I couldn’t understand what they were saying...but every so often Severno would nod and give me a contemptuous glance which made me feel very uneasy. I turned to Lynn but she was looking to the floor.Severno came over and took Lynn by the arm, pulling her to her feet, she looked up in a daze then looked around to me as he lead her to the dance floor where I saw two other black guys waiting for. ”The four officers gathered around the table. “The base is here, eight miles out from Sidi Barrani,” Silverman said pointing to the map. “As you can see it’s on the coastal plain with forty miles of sand dunes before reaching the escarpment.” He withdrew six 8 by 10 photographs from a folder. “These are the latest aerial photographs. As you can see there are four sandbag gun emplacements guarding the main gate. Two contain two MG34 machine guns each and the other two have 30mm quad cannons.. “Well, what is it?”It took me a second or two to understand, but then I nodded. “Oh, it’s really simple. You dig a hole in the dirt and dump a bucket of water in the hole, and then time how long it takes for the water to drain. If it doesn’t drain, but sits there like a swimming pool, you fail the test, and you need a very expensive septic. If it drains quick, though, everybody is happy.”“And here.”I shrugged. “Probably pretty good. Maryland farmland is not noted for its clay. It’s mostly sand. Nothing I can do about it. I'll be back by late Friday the latest, I promise."”Tim sweetie, I know you got business you got to take care of, don’t worry about me I got this big house to take care of, go do your thing and I’ll do mine!” “Marca it seems like we never have time to be together like we were when we first married, it’s been a couple of weeks since we had any love.” “You can make it up to me when you get home Friday night, I’ll even shave my legs,.