‘My father came out charging like a bull at a trussed matador and Jeff cut him to ribbons. ‘My father swaggered in like Custer and Jeff was counti...g coup long before he finished him off. ‘When it was over my father could have done better by getting advice from the French before Dien Bien Phu.’ ‘Ashley,’ said Jeff. ‘When it was over my father flaked like overdone brisket.’ ‘I think they get the idea,’ said Jeff. I was barely embarrassed. My father deserved what he got. Still, I said, ‘Sorry.’ ‘I. I never even heard the explosion. I just saw the fireball coming towards me, and then nothing at all. Consciousness returned. Where the hell was I? I asked myself that question when I woke up in a mausoleum in 1573 and it seems to keep coming back to me every so often. I very rarely like the answer. This time was one of the worst ones. I groaned. I seemed to be lying on a steel plate, or slab of sometime. I was nude too. Now I’ve often awoken that way, but I didn’t like the implications of. Larry came over and thanked me for coming in and he hoped I would come down tomorrow night too. I leaned over the bar and gave him a kiss and told him I would get Bob up to his room. I left the bar and headed for the hall way with the bathrooms and sure enough Bob was just walking back. “The bar is closed and Stan paid the bill and went upstairs.” I said as I approached him. A big smile spread across his face and I half pushed him and led him back into the hallway. I grabbed his hand and went. "Macha laughed, pulling her horse forward to walk alongside the pair.Deciding to change the subject, Aislin asked. "Has Constable Sinclairdiscovered anything more about the destruction of Kilrush or the missingarmsmen?"Sadly, she hoped that the townspeople's lives had been taken by somenatural calamity. What concerned Sir Nevan, the men, who brought backthe shocking news of the town's demise, also brought the news that thestone never reached its destination."Not much but he plans on sending.