"Of course the bounty might be a problem."Varna lifted her drink and watched the bubbles rise in the amber liquid. "Yes, once the news reaches the rim...worlds we will not be safe anywhere, especially out here where most everyone would sell their grandmother for a few platinum coins, and life is cheap. She sighed, one of my trusted contacts told me the woman's family has underwritten the reward and it is a vast fortune. She must have been well thought off and her family are well pissed at her. Within seconds only her legs could be seen, the pantiesalready at her ankles. Then she was gone. Misty heard more screams and heldher ears to shut them out. "Just . . . let me . . . get away" shesaid to herself as she dashed along, her red pumps flashing. "If the covey in which crinolinas customarily travel is scattered,its members become a good deal more vulnerable . . . ." Where were the others? Misty couldn't tell. Unable to think of anything elseto do, she kept on running. Soon she came. Katya was depressed with her own personal thoughts.The young lads made their own way back to Belfast with orders to lay low for the duration whilst things blew over. Unfortunately, even though the primary purpose of the operation was a failure, the very fact that it took place at all caused unintended consequences for the PIRA in Belfast that lasted right up until the peace arrangement in the mid-nineties and in fact right up to present day.Danny was tempted to get closer to Katya but he knew. The women finished the butchering in one day and had already started smoking the meat. As before, we had brought the stuff to salt some of our meat, and the Olgars had done the same.Our plan was to hang around and finish the smoking of the meat before we packed up to return home. The fuel for the smoking was auroch dung. The stuff was packed in layers on the ground. I wondered how long the aurochs had been living in this area—it had to be at least 20-30 years, judging by the amount of dung.