Robert Fitz Stephen was a mighty warrior andlieutenant of the great justiciary Hugh de Lacy. He feared neither mannor God, nor did he fear the Virgin....He laughed at their story and saidthat if they did not touch me nor disturb my virginity, it was only tosave me for him, and indeed I was a truly comely lass worthy of hispersonal attention.At his direction, the ladies of his court bathed me, arrayed me in finegarments and dressed my hair. But the Virgin was with me and made themnot see those. ‘Why don’t you have a seat and relax while I get supper together?’ ‘If you keep this up, you’ll spoil me, Frankie,’ Kay told him. The young man grinned. ‘I don’t plan on cooking every night,’ he teased. ‘Just tonight. After this, it’s up to you. I want to find out whether you can cook, too.’ ‘All right,’ Kay replied, and started for the living room. ‘Darn,’ Frankie said. Kay stopped and turned around. ‘What’s the matter, Frankie?’ she asked. ‘I’m sure I brought some breadcrumbs along,’ the. I'm really good. These days I have listening to a lot of a guy named Ala Raka, an Indian tabla player. I played in a lot of rock bands and R&B bands. That pays the rent, but it's not so interesting to me now. Al plays piano and organ, and we are doing different stuff now, experimental stuff, I guess you would call it. Have you ever heard of John Cage? Steve Reich? Morton Subotnick? Cathy Berbarian? You know, when I hear you sing, your voice is so special, I think about you making music with us.. Why did I let you talk me into this dinner?" I asked rhetorically."Because you know we care about you and want to see you have fun instead of hibernating in your house as you are prone to do. We wouldn't put you in harm's way." Bruce paused and asked, "If you were the person you think Edie wants to meet, what would you be like?"I thought for a moment, "I like hibernating and being a recluse; it's safe."I thought about what Bruce and Mindy were trying to do for me. I bend a little in their.