And what of Natalie? They had been friends for a long time and then sisters-in-law. Cindy knew of Natalie’s fierce loyalty to Harrison and Jenny and...feared that Natalie subscribed to Mister Darcy’s declaration in ‘Pride and Prejudice, ‘ “My good opinion once lost, is gone forever.” Certainly Cindy had done everything to destroy Natalie’s good opinion.During the time she was touring with the band she had been mostly in the company of men, so there were no female friends to be had. Of course. The different lengths and single 1cm cubed crystals shimmered in the morning light. The bottom ones had dimmed a little at the loss of energy, but they were still highly charged.Arthur went to touch them, but Hetty slapped his hand away. “They are charged, Arthur. Touch that many, and you will be blown onto your arse,” she warned him.He bent closer and could see from experience that they were excellent quality Crystals. But then, Hetty only sold excellent quality crystals. “What’s going on. For the first time since the car had pulled up, he relaxed his stance and said, “Hello, Leroy. Didn’t know you were coming. We’d have welcomed you a little better than this.”Leroy asked, “Hello, Henry. What’s going on?”Shaking his head, Henry answered, “Let me move the car so that you can get down the street. It’s a little dangerous to be out here at the moment.”As Henry was about to leave, Ed grabbed the hand that had been resting on the car door. Henry looked down at Ed for a minute trying to. These things are a backpacker’s dream compared to what we had all those years ago.”“Yeah, I agree.” Then, after a couple of seconds, she motioned to a hill in the distance. “My GPS shows a small lake over that hill there. My water bladder is down considerably. Want to try out our new water purification system?”“Sure. I just wish there were battery-powered cooling systems for water bladders. Cold water would go down really well just now,” he said while wiping the sweat from his forehead.Dessie.