”Alan introduced the women to Ashley and she herded them into the house and began to fix them a meal. She talked with them as she worked.Paula said,...“I can’t believe we missed the lake by five miles. I thought Mary could read the map.”Mary replied, “So did I, we must have taken the wrong cutoff. I’m sorry for putting you to all this trouble Ashley. It is very kind of you.”Ashley replied, “It’s not a problem. I enjoy having company and we have plenty of room. It’s just too bad that your camping. He turned both screens off."That's what I thought, so I spoke to Hendy." Hendy? Christ! Is that crafty sod still around?" Henderson, well Dr. Henderson was another of those rather odd people who seem to be around when abnormal operations were taking place. He was a psychologist, who seemed able to get into the minds of the opponents they had to deal with."Oh yes! And still as weird as a nine shilling note. He'll be here soon. Now let's look a little further." He turned the screens on again.. My husband and his friend didn't even notice what was going on as the bar was loud, a lot of people talking and they were ignoring me. I tapped hubby on the shoulder and said I'm going out to have a cigarette, he just said ok. I slipped out of my chair grabbed a cigarette and lighter out of my purse and headed to the back door of the bar. When I got to the small deck at the back of the bar there were a few other people out there smoking as well and the handsome man that bought me the drink. “Right, young man. Miss Brown here is going to examine you and see if we can get to the bottom of your illness.” She smiled at Stephanie Brown as she emphasized the word “bottom.”Dark-haired Stephanie Brown flicked her black hair behind her head and walked over to me until she was standing within inches of me in her light blue nurse’s tunic and navy jogging bottoms. She wasted little time in opening her large bag and bringing out her instruments, with which she was going to prove that I was not.