We managed to squeeze all the stuff in the backseat, and provide just enough room for her, but she had to sit towards the middle, and at an awkward an...le, with her feet behind the passenger seat and her head on a large plastic bag behind the driver. Her skirt was pretty tiny and as her legs were splayed I was left with a great view of her tiny pink underwear in my rear view mirror. My wife offered to sit the back, as she’s a good six inches shorter than Jennifer.Jennifer would have none of. "What kind of rent do you want? My pension is very small, I can't afford much," he said."Oh I was thinking about a barter system. We will call the rent $400 a month. Then when you help me we will deduct that from the rent balance. You will have your pension free and clear plus anything else you can make between jobs for me." That sounds like a pretty good deal," he said."Oh course it does," I replied."Oh by the way there was a cleaning crew headed into the project unit Jerome vacated. They. With small cooking fires, this had not been much of a problem, but with winter on the way, the fires would have to be bigger to warm the cave. And that was with dried wood. He could imagine how stifling the smoke would be with green wood.He had an idea on how to vent the smoke, but he needed more information. With the computer balanced on his lap, he began the research.The RetreatThe day had warmed to a few degrees above freezing, and more of the snow had melted. However, in late afternoon, the. .." I said and went into my office."Gosh! It's nice in here." She had followed me in, "I saw it once when it was Henri Bauer's office. It was so stark."I smiled, "I think it's an improvement, but it is really down to Carole."On the way out I stopped for a word with Carole, "Anything I need to know about?" Nothing urgent. Have a nice lunch, and if you don't make it back, well have a nice weekend."As we sat in the car, we talked about nice, safe, neutral things, amongst which I sang Carole's.