By tradition the youngest parent would get the door, in this case Uncle K’ef of the middle boys. He took a deep breath and went to the door, careful...to first peek through the eyepiece. He nodded to us. It was the Sultana. “Who seeks to enter the House of Children?” he intoned, his voice a rich baritone that belied his years. “I come in the name of Shahira, Lady of Peace and Love,” came the reply in a deep feminine voice that filled so many of my fantasies. I took my place upon the stair’s. She looked at me, at first blankly,then with recognition as the healing magic progressed into her brain."Mike?" The word ended in a cough, and she cleared her throat beforeshe tried again. "What happened?"I was crying in relief, my tears falling onto her face as I held her.What should I tell her, I wondered? The truth."What's the last thing you remember, Julia?"She struggled slightly, and I drew back so that she could sit up. Shemoved without obvious impediment or pain."I was talking to you,. "What's going on in there?"She'd been about to ask him the same thing. "Where's the rest of your platoon?"He jerked his thumb at the bay doors behind him. "Inside, the CO sent everyone but two per vehicle to deal with a disturbance, some of the refugees getting violent."She pointed to the crowd straining against the fence. "I think you better do something about that before it falls down." I think you're right, there were only half as many there an hour ago." He picked up the handset for the. I feltnothing unusual at this stage, only a slight itch around my chestarea.As always, with nothing else to do, my thoughts drifted toward Linda.Some guys are looking to score as many girls as possible. But Ineeded only one girl. I knew I would be happy and will never look atanother girl, as long as she is with me. She is a little bit crazywith all feminist ideas. In fact, professor Gilbreth is her rolemodel, and Gilbreth is not just a feminist, but a feminist with veryradical views. Linda may.