I found that the young lady, so recently rescued from so dark a fate, had now swooned quite away and appeared to be entirely unconscious ... and quite...exposed, much of her clothing having been removed by her erstwhile assailants. I did not think it fair to simply leave here there, nor appropriate to leave a Task incomplete. So I lifted her to my shoulder - she was, indeed, only the slightest of burdens - and took her with me to my Sanctuary, where, I thought, I could at the least prepare a. I figured that Shirley and andy were still working so I decided to continue watching TV. After another hour Shirley had still not returned from Andy's. Again I look out the window at Andy's house but this time things looked very different. The garage was now closed and the front porch light was off along with most of the other lights in the house except for maybe a single light in the living Room.I thought that it looked pretty odd that Andy's house appeared to be all closed up for the night. Mitch and Rita were newlyweds at the time, invited over for a barbecue. The women were inside cutting up vegetables for hamburgers. Julie's eyes were pink from slicing an onion. "If it wasn't for us," Julie said as she wiped a tear with the back of her hand, "they wouldn't be able to go out and do their jobs day after day. They couldn't stand it."Eventually, what Julie said began to make sense. So, instead of complaining, Rita just worried.The worst days were the ones when someone was seriously. .Oh. My. God. That little angora sweater in the window. With a giggleand went into the store.Bruce Wayne found himself in the jewelry department, excitedly lookingover bracelets and earrings, delicate little necklaces and anklets,finally settling on a necklace, a bracelet and earrings, all pretty andsilver, with diamonds."She must be very special," the salesgirl said."We had a fight," Bruce said. "I'm making it up to her."Outside, in his car, he couldn't wait to slip on the bracelet and.