. oh..."She flung her arms round him and held him as tightly as she could."Polly darling," said Garry as he prised her off him. "I don't think we shou...d hang about any longer. I think we should find a house and get married as soon as we can." Yes! Yes!" She twined herself round him again. Suddenly she pushed herself back a bit and looked up at him."Why have you suddenly made up your mind?" she asked."Two things really apart from just the two of us being together. First we can now afford to. She immediately said me to get rid of my wet clothes.She ran inside and was back with a towel. I insisted her to dry herself first. She said, no problem, you dry yourself, I will get one more towel for me. She got one for her. And we both were looking at each other, and drying our hair. She was smiling. I was too. Then she said, wetting in the rain is fun, but not the cough and cold. I nodded in a yes. Then she paused, then said, oh your clothes ? Those are wet too. Wait, let me get some of my. " I fired the broadside without breaking step, the last salvo shredding her sails as I disappeared into the studio, heaving to alongside the computer whilst Dee headed for galley slave duties, preparing Earl Grey tea with a puzzled smile whilst I read through the details of the next commission, a nautical theme for a private collector.Happily engrossed in my work the time slipped by unnoticed, only Dee's appearances with further supplies of the ubiquitous 'EG' provided brief breaks as I worked. "Wow you really are dying to find out what it is" aren't you?"."Yes " she said, "I have been thinking about it all day Hun"."Well this is some of it, dinner, talking" "This is it ?"she says."Whoa I said to her, there is more coming your way." First I have one more day left then it's over" Over"? she said. "Well we are going on but job is almost done, of course after you do a walk around to make sure it's to your satisfaction. Then you write me a check and it's done.However I think you want us.