“Our friend in Africa was quite impressed with your generosity; I talked with him today. He wanted me to tell you that he has spread some of the tid...ngs around as you suggested. He and his friends are looking forward to your visit and building on the mutual trust and relationship.” That was more of the coded diplomatic speak that I had finally learned to understand.“Yes, I too am looking forward to my visit and working at expanding our mutual trust and relationship. My visit is going to be in 3. Eine Viertelstunde sp?ter waren sie bei Angela."Hallo, ich habe schon alles vorbereitet", sagte Angela zu den beiden unddann zu Richard, "zieh dich schon mal aus und geh ins Bad!"Etwas verlegen begann sich Richard auszuziehen. Ganz nackt vor den beidenFrauen war ihm peinlich. Dann ?ffnete Tina die T?r."Fertig? Dann creme dich hiermit ein", sie reichte ihm eine wei?e Tube,"erst die F??e und Beine, dann den Oberk?rper."Richard fing an."Beil dich, die Creme darf maximal 10 Minuten einwirken",. Bob surprised us all when he hopped up on the corral and yelled to get attention. Seems one of the things he did before coming west was work for an auctioneer. “Ya’ll look then over. The sale starts in an hour, in lots of 10 each.”Bob might be a Yankee but he was no fool. Selling them in small lots should drive the price up. We hoped. The ladies took the opportunity to freshen up in the ‘hotel’, little more than hard sided tents. They wore their best when they showed up for the auction, hoping. “We are well and truly screwed if this is what is going to happen every morning.” He carefully rolled his bedding and got it back on the pack. Before he loaded up, he took care of the morning needs he had neglected the night before, then he dragged the pack over to a large log that he could lean up against for support. That tree must have been a giant for the scorched stump to be as wide around as he was tall. He set the cross poles, loaded the small bags on both, making sure they balanced..