There were three others changing in the locker room but they'd nearly finished when Geoff arrived. They just offered a nod and a grunt as Geoff stripp...d off his street clothes and folded them into his locker. Geoff pulled on his body-form. This was the parts of the uniform he hated most. The thing was boned and padded to give him a more female shape. "No point in dressing the part if you don't look it," his supervisor had said when he'd been shown it for the first time. "The chambermaid uniform. “Looks well done. Look, here is the headland over there, where you and Fresno attacked the big ship; and there is our bay. A good representation, I have to admit. Was it Tomba who drew it?”Fresno smiled to himself, but kept his face straight.“No, it was drawn by his wife. It seems that she is good at drawing things. Tomba directed her and gave her all the ins and outs of the coastline, so she could draw them accurately.”The headman gaped. “A woman drew this?”Fresno nodded. “Yes. We seem to have. Do you want to do the piece on the temple site now?"Bethany looked around at the beach and over towards a rocky headland where a white villa sat perched on the low cliffs. A solitary figure was standing on the terrace of the villa looking out to sea. "No," she said. "Let's go back to the harbour. The ferry is due in soon. With luck our permit should be on it. If it is we can still get some work done today." The group began to pack up their things.On the headland, the solitary figure watched as. He left, and the scraping sound of the bar once again locked the door.I ate. The food surprised me, it was tasty and fresh. There was nothing more to do, I paced the floor waiting. Finally I used the chamber pot and crawled into bed, exhausted and slept.The morning dawned cold and white, at least what I could see of it through the slit of a window I had. I again used the chamber pot but quickly dove under the covers again. The floor was ice.A maid entered the room."I have clean cloths for you.".