As can be imagined my oration was met with a wild tumult of applause, cheering, and great jubilation. Callum and I were carried shoulder high, to what...appeared to be the tent of a high personage. I hoped it would be Byron himself we would face but unfortunately it was only one of his subordinate commanders, Paolo Gardoloni, the Italian commander of a Philhellene regiment of non-Greeks, enlisted to fight for the independence of Greece from Turkish rule.After thanking me for the artillery, powder. "What's that Jeff?" he heard her voice back in the room."I was just annoyed with myself because of putting you in that position yesterday. I'm sorry. I like you, but it wasn't fair for me to put you on the spot. I'm glad you came back tonight." He paused, then added with a smile, "Part of me is extremely glad." He hoped she'd take his jest as a sign that he wouldn't push the issue of them dating, at least for now."Well, I'm glad I came back too," she said, kissing him on the cheek. "Things are. River had various species of fish come by andleap out of the water, allowing the students to see and recognizethem. She even had males and females of each species make the jump.After a short quiz, where River would have a fish jump, and thestudents had to identify it, beavers came by and two worked diligentlyto chop down a cedar sapling, and then swim off pushing the treeupriver. Finally, a group of otters came by and the class wasentertained for the last ten minutes of the period watching. Ann, loved the young man’s attentiveness and ardor, and felt passion begin to rise in her the minute he touched her. Would she ever get enough of him? He was the best thing that had happened to her in a long, long time. She had come closer to allowing herself to care for him than she had anyone in a long, long time. But, as always, something seemed to be keeping her from making that real commitment, allowing herself total happiness. Lonnie backed her to the kitchen table and lifted her onto it..