If I can ... if I can even ask...” Groaning louder, he walked back around the desk and sat in one of the chairs. He wheeled it in close, and put bot... his palms onto the hard desk. If he could look her in the eye, maybe he could say the words. “I...” Nope, fail. He lowered his head and set his forehead to the cold surface.“Are you worried about how she would respond, if she discovered her daughter was dead? That, her Requiem would be nothing but pain, and lead to a short second life at her own. You and I are descendants of that original group," Tom said."You're kidding?" No. I have studied your genealogy. There is a direct family line from Adolf Wagner as well as the daughter of Siegfried Bauer. Actually, all ten family lines are in your genealogy." Ten family lines?" Yes. The families of the 'Pfand X'." You're talking about a pledge that was made in 1643?" Yes." What's that got to do with getting a loan from you and having to change my name?" We have kept that pledge, to this very. Jamie didn't know exactly what to think but knew deep down that Ted was right and would do any thing to please Ted. A short time latter a robust red haired lady rang the bell Ted answered the door and led her in Jamie honey called Ted i want you to meet Jill i took one look at Jill and knew that now i would not only have a master in Ted but a mistress in Jill. After Ted poured us some wine i was led upstairs by both Ted and Jill. Jill had me disrobe so she could see what she had to work with .. They began shouting at her, firing questions and pacing around her, but she understood nothing of their interrogation. Giselle had not had time to learn the local language. She could read some of the hieroglyphs that formed their written words, but the spoken word had eluded her apart from the usual good morning, than you's and so on. The interrogation soon became farcical. She repeated her name, rank and number again and again, even when a twig switch was lashed across her bare breasts or.