Darby!”At least the gun drill went without mishap. After five simulated broadsides which were completed in good order, the cutter was launched. The ...rew could easily keep pace with the crawling ship until they dropped the target over the stern sheets. It was an old, leaky 100-gallon water cask which the cooper had deemed dispensable, and the cutter dragged it along on a fifty-fathom line. At a distance of two cable lengths, it was a true challenge to hit it with a smooth-bore gun.The starboard. He barely listened as the receptionist quickly explained about breakfast, lunch, dinner etc. His attention was recaptured by the receptionist saying, "...and the maids come in between 9 and 11. I'll err, ask the maid on your floor to visit your room last sir." John was grateful for her forbearance; she clearly realised he wanted to be alone and probably guessed at his plans to get drunk. He nodded, murmured his thanks, accepted his key and headed up to his room. Room 215. John unlocked it. A nose job was part of that. The surprise was she actually went for a bust enhancement. I was floored at that. Unexpected. Not like Lee at all. God she turned out beautiful! For just a little while, there was no doubt. Beautiful beyond belief. But she was always beautiful, she just didn’t believe or accept. She hated her long thin nose and high cheekbones. But the truth was it was that unique type of beauty most classic types strive for, a bit like Cher in some respects. The change after the. Paul still kept her locked in the room, knowing that at the first opportunity, she would bolt and be lost for ever with an inevitable outcome, one needle too many perhaps or a violent death in an alley. He still didn’t know why he was doing this for her, someone he didn’t know at all, a complete stranger. But, he recognised in her, something of the wounded animal that triggers an emotive response occasionally; he put it down to that.Paul decided after eight weeks of captivity that she could be.