Do you have that much on you?"Since I had a feeling that money-talk wasn't going to survive the coming shock, I made a token show of reluctance. "I on...y have about $200 in cash, but there's an ATM in the lobby. Tell you what. Here's the $200, for good faith. You get your friend up here... what's her name, by the way?" It's Lila," she lied."Great, get Lila up here and, ah, get involved, while I hit the machine for the rest. When I come back I'll expect to find you two naked and going at it.. Deciding to change the focus he turned to his right and asked Lorraine, ‘So how’s Pete and Sarah, I haven’t spoken to them since the dinner party, I meant to phone up and thank them and you for introducing me to Froo.’ ‘They’re fine, and no thanks needed.’ Laughing she continued, ‘It was obvious to all of us how you felt the moment you walked into the room and saw Francesca. Mum you should have seen his face, it was as if he had been hit on the head with a sledgehammer. Priceless.’ ‘Yes? Well. "See how little space there is here? Can't turn around without banging into someone. Lucky we're such great friends." Yeah, we really need to find a larger place," Cynthia sighed. "But we're stuck here till the summer when the lease is up. Oh, well. Yeah, there's no rush to copy all that stuff now, so relax." Well, that gives us a little time to play this weekend, right?" Tom asked with a twinkle in his eye."Uh, oh," Cynthia said as she looked at him. "I know he's got something up his sleeve. The sky was blueand the sun would come out later for a quick visit. It was still a bit nippy, the morning temperature at 12 deg C (54 deg F) and the day temperature not exceeding 16 deg C (61 deg F).I would not let such an appealing day go amiss and had planned my trip to the mountain theprevious evening. I had prepared a small backpack suitable for a day's walk on the low mountain(500-600 m/1600-2000 feet) nearby my village. No drive was needed, I just walked out the doorand was on my way in.