A thought occurred to Elspeth which sobered her. She asked, ‘She’s gone, is she not? Christine. She went home to New Jersey and will not be back. ... was so glad to see you, but she was there. I could never compete. Now I’m here and she’s gone. I do not know if I should laugh or cry.’ I said, ‘Neither. Just be glad you met her. She has gone to be domestic with Sheila. You met the bride. You saw how that worked. How would Christine fit in on Beacon Hill?’ Elspeth shuddered. ‘There is someone I. The jingle of her bracelets grew nearer, I expected the jingle to pass my door and continue down the hall but her heels slowed as she approached my door, and then came to a halt."Hello" she whispered from outside my door, "are you awake". Undecided on how to respond I decided to pretend to be asleep.I heard the knob twist, and opened one eye slightly to see her brace herself on my desk with her right hand. She then slowly lifted her right leg backward, and lowered her left arm to remove the. Really. I am."He didn't reply."Megan has my full consent," I added, making a slightly vague reference to their fucking the night before. "It's okay," added. "No worries."William still didn't reply (directly) to what I'd just said.At that point, we saw Megan coming out of the house and into the back yard. She saw William and I at the fence talking, and then made her way over.It was interesting to stand there, out in the open like that. The three of us. William, our black next door neighbor.. That's what she did. She climbed out of the diggings and walked away. If she hadn't been soaking wet and immediately covered in dust turned to mud, more men would have noticed her. Just walking to the embankment she was transformed into a mud ball.Once free of the dust cloud, she sat down to explore her options. She was far from depression but close to panic. Sitting at the side of the hauley road she looked so confused that a trucker stopped and gave her a lift. They didn't talk much. Although.