But you have to watch her, she smokes too much. Sometimes there is the funny smell coming from her house that probably isn't tobacco burning." Nettie ...ould you stop?" She turned to me and said, "Nice to meet you Mr. Davidson. Nettie is always telling tales out of school. She probably smells the cigars my husband smokes." This was all said with her frowning and wagging a finger at Nettie."I'll try to be a good neighbor Mrs. Fisher. If you are an artist, I would enjoy seeing what you create. I'll tell you if you like."Corvus smirked. "And what will that cost me?" Nothing." Alyse's smirk matched his. "I understand you're considering hiring your own spies full-time and I thought I'd try to make a good first impression."Crispa breezed into the receiving room even later than Corvus had told her the meeting was to start. She had Clover in tow, Corvus's body slave dressed in a yellow silk tunic he didn't recognize.The widow kissed Corvus on the cheek and settled into the seat set for. .always a lady)The Lady Lies SleepingBy Hypatia (c)2003The huge beast moved quickly for its size, as did all ofher kind. This was her element and her family was close by.She headed up broaching the surface of the cold blackwaters as she filled her lungs with much needed oxygenbefore heading back down to the depths again. She knewthese waters well; she had travelled them for almost fiftyyears and the hunting was always good.However, something felt wrong today.The fish were acting strangely. They. "Liz was suddenly nervous and managed to get out, "I was at thefirehouse, checking over the engine. It's been acting up and it was agood time to take care of it."Leslie leaned forward and looked intently at Liz. "Miss McHenry, I'vetalked to the fire chief first thing today. He says that the stationwas closed up and he didn't have anyone around until at least half pastsix in the morning." That's right. I was here, doing some deep cleaning. We don't havemuch of a chance to do that.