"Everyone else at the table was looking at the two of them curiously as Tatiana returned to her story and Karen smiled smugly to herself."So there we ...ere, five drunk or otherwise altered freaks in a microbus, driving to New Orleans in the early morning hours, no plan, no clue. We get to Palestine and I'm way too wasted to see straight so we're all talkin' about finding a place to pull the bus over and crash for awhile when Willie the speed freak pops off sayin' he ain't tired and he ain't. For the next hour I amin constant motion trying on one outfit after another, withOlga's assistance, until I have made my way through the entirewardrobe.Then Jerri picked out a favorite, a red form fitting dress cutjust above the knees, it zips in the back and has a rear walkingslit, red 5" stiletto heel sandals with ankle straps, sheerpanty hose, matching red lace bra and panties and a bodyenhancing corset that is laced tightly from behind by Olgagiving even my figure a feminine. As I got to the door my fear returned, and but for shame I would not have gone in. “I have but little money”, said I, “Have you not a Victoria?” said she. “No.” “You will find one, I am sure.” By that time the door was opened, and in I went. “You will find one Victoria”, said she in broken English as she closed the room-door, but if not, shall you not give me what you shall find.” The room was nicely furnished, out of it was a nice large bed-room and a smaller one (she paid twenty shillings a. “We will gladly share. I hope to work here for a long time. We’re digging out the pozzolana to sell,” I explained.“To sell?” he asked. Both his facial expression and tone of voice told me that he was surprised as he looked over our bare-bones operation.“Excellent, that will save me days of work and allow us to finish the job sooner,” he mused aloud.“How much are you asking?”I explained what I expected for one culeus of pozzolana, and about the deposit for the crate. He looked at me as if he.