Once Hannah was comfortable with him, Tara joined them for a talk about what she was going through -- what it was like for her.Cyrus didn't learn anyt...ing particularly useful. But it was weird to hear her talk about what Mr. Anderson had done and then pantomime the activity as well. Little girls didn't usually do any of those things. But she relayed them without shame.Tara explained that Hannah had to act all solemn and sad when she described this to other people. But she knew Tara believed it. ”“Nonsense, I am a full service Good Samaritan and that is part of my service.”She giggled a little as his remark but reluctantly agreed and said she would be standing there at the time he mentioned. On the drive back to his home he wondered why she didn’t say her husband could drive her to school.True to her word Joyce was ready and standing where he said she should be the following morning. In the drive to school there was some conversation about the weather and she asked Don how he expected. At night the men play cards and dice, and sometimes there is singing. But for true amusement, the kind of amusement that all men require from time to time, we have only our one camel. Each man has the use of the camel for a night, in rotation." He gave Hurtado a nervous, sidelong glance.The animal in question was a shaggy, smelly beast tethered to a post near the back of the fort. Hurtado was deeply shocked by the obvious meaning in Major Dilantro's words, and his first impulse was to reply. They snoozed for two hours, only waking when the plane touched down, and Bridgett looked away from him, flustered suddenly by what she had done.She grabbed her carry-on as soon as the seatbelt sign was extinguished, leaned over to say quietly, “Thank you; good-bye,” and hurried off the plane before Larry could catch up with her. She rushed through customs and made it to the hotel shuttle bus in record time, and once she was in her room she wondered at her sudden fright and shameful abandonment.