Just go into the woods and listen to thebirdsong again." So how does the wildlife get in and out?" I wondered.Morag looked at me a little too condesce...dingly."Why Michelle, they fly in, they're birds." No, I mean the hedgehogs, the hares and stuff."Grandpa Weston explained."You've been away too long Michelle. Take a walk sometime instead ofmoping around the house all day. The estate is open to JackDevonshire's farm and land to the south and that is open to The Downs.Only determined country. ? Herneed to urinate was increasingly uncomfortable. ?At least let me go to the bathroom,? she pleaded.? Her face was red from embarrassment atlistening to their lewd comments about her body and the humiliating need todisclose her bodily needs. ?What, need to piss??Go right ahead, there?s a drain somewhere beneath you.? ?You?ve got to be kidding!? ?Bruno, show her we?re not kidding.? Once more the floodlight was obscured by the hulk of a manand Kit started to mouth a protest as again Bruno. Something told me that another dollop of alcohol was indicated. The liquor bottle, now seriously depleted, was still on the table; I reached over to open the drawer and take out a coffee spoon, poured a little vodka and coaxed it into his mouth. It seemed to slide down his throat without any need for visible swallowing. Then I did it a second time, but I figured that was enough for now.Vaguely I looked around me, orienting myself to my otherwise familiar cabin. It all looked normal, it was. He took retirement early and played the stock exchange and was very successfully by all accounts. The mother was a senior nursing sister at Odstock Hospital. She retired at age 60, and it appears the New York trip was a retirement present from the father. A Mrs McKee is a very close friend of the family and still maintains the cottage for Robert; in fact she supplied most of these details. He has no girlfriends, in fact he appears to have shunned the company of girls since the death of his.