It was dark and dank and shadows clung like black spider webs to the stonework all around her. Somewhere in that blackness something was watching her ...ut she couldn't make out what it was.Then something shuffled in the shadows.She tried to move; escape, but it was if she was encased in concrete. She tried to scream, but nothing came out.And she knew that it was coming to get her.She looked down at herself and saw that she was nude and cocooned in spider silk that left her dangling above floor.. Angie spent a good hour laying on her back before she got the nerve to take her top off.She eventually got hot and mentioned that she was going in for a dip to cool off. I wondered if the top would be reapplied. Surprise! Angie stood up, looked around, and confidently walked into the ocean. She had never before swam topless as both her mother and God gave her a generous portion of breasts that now are being exposed for all to agree. I could not be more surprised and excited. I immediately began. In passing I mentioned our trip to Hay-on-Wye, and Loyd's talk. He insisted on joining us: 'Larcher's giving a talk at a festival? He's not going to mention Quick's book, is he? You'd better make sure he doesn't. We'll all be in the shit if he lets on before the publicity moguls announce it.''Of course he won't. You would think that, wouldn't you? He won't be spreading gossip; in the past he's too often been the victim of it. He's a hugely successful writer. Quick's book is no big thing for. "I'm very busy at the moment, Mr Han. Can it wait?"For once Mr Han seemed ill at ease. "There is someone in your office waiting for you. She came by about two hours ago looking for you. She was very upset. Crying," he added in a softer voice, as if this was an embarrassing faux pas."So you let her into my office?" Yes. Perhaps that was presumptuous of me ... I'm sorry."Mr Han looked worried, and Stern briefly considered pressing his moral advantage by pretending to be upset, but it wasn't.