Her sensual effect upon me, quite strong even a few months back, has now subsided and abated.It was raining heavier now. The doorbell rang suddenly.Wh... has arrived at my door, in such inclement weather? I hastily opened the door. My jaw dropped.Drenched and shivering from head to toe, sheela stood in front of me, clutching her bag and a large packet. I couldn’t believe my own eyes. Was I dreaming?Coming to my senses, I hastened to welcome her in. Lowering her eyes, the rain soaked figure. Most of the girls who were staying at the hotel went straight off to their rooms as we all had an early start the following morning. To my surprise Amy and some of the younger girls came into the bar and ordered some drinks and subsequently invited me to join them at a table. I knew some of the girls quite well and others not at all so I hesitated briefly but after some encouragement I joined in. The girls were still all dressed in the clothes they had gone out in which was fancy dress as it. How prosaic can something get. I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but it was to have some pizazz to it. The post mark was even prosaic—New Ellington, VT. That was enough to make me wonder if New Ellington, VT, even existed. Oh, well, at least I was able to contain my curiosity until after I got back inside the house.I opened the envelope, and what did I find? Nothing, at first. I shook the envelope and a small piece of paper fell out. On it was printed, "Meet me at 9:00 PM tonight.". When Justice asked her why she did not question more people about the key, she said she would rather not discuss it and that she wished to keep the missing key a secret-- just because she wanted it that way.Joan was becoming a trifle bored having to enter and leave her tiny compartment through the even tinier window. Fortunately however for her, the elephants were washed nearby, and after making a friend with their keeper and with several of the elephants, she took a chance on bucking circus.