The big family sat around the cheerful fire in the small house and busied themselves with this and that, trying not to listen to the thunder outside o... notice the flashes of lightning and the rain that beat against the windowpane. Ruth told a story to distract her brothers and sisters. ‘And then the ice queen said…’ Suddenly, three sharp taps sounded on the window. The group fell silent. Surely something had been knocked against the window. Perhaps it had begun to hail? But no, the sound came. ”The wine steward arrived at that moment, and went through the usual process of opening the wine, pouring some into Paul’s glass and waiting silently while Paul sniffed the cork and sampled the wine and finally pronounced it perfectly acceptable.The steward poring half a glass for each set the bottle down, and did an exquisite about-face before marching off.“Please order for me, Paul. Once I’m into your work I won’t hear the waiter. I’ll have the escargots and onion soup.”Paul nodded and turned. ” He said, stopping and hugging her against his body. He felt like crying. “Girl, what did these people do to you? Why have you turned your back on them?”“It ... it wasn’t me...” she said, “it was the other girl. They didn’t treat her ... right. Sometimes she got beat on and shit. They didn’t care about her much.”“Girl. The people that didn’t treat her well ... were they the people that died, of the plague?”That was good for another five minutes of walking and thinking. Jeezus, he thought. I’m. Mrs S sucked at her vagina and at the same time reached up with her right hand to squeeze her left breast. As she twisted the nipple Helen pulled off the older woman's remaining clothes. She, too, was naked now, and for the first time she kissed Helen. Helen could taste the familiar bouquet of her own love-juice on the older woman's tongue, which set her on fire. “Fuck me!! Fuck me!” she said. For the first time Mr Smythe appeared from out of his grey cloud... and what a transformation! He.