Come in Jón."I turned to the guard and said, "Bye, for now. I will talk later to anyone who cares to hear me."Clovis said, "Are you... ?" Father, gla... to see that you are well. I wanted to show you something on the castle wall." I held his hand in mine and moved further from the door. Astrid was sleeping in the bed close by us, but she may have just been pretending. At the window I said, "You wanted secrecy and there may be other sets of ears listening. Let's go where we will not be overheard.. Oland and his father sat and talked for several hours, after sending Beatra home. Berandal had a hard time believing his son's story, until Roland pulled out the gems. There was more than Roland first saw in the pouch, when they were all dumped out on the table.Along with the emeralds and diamonds, there were rubies and sapphires. There was also a very heavy ring, that was the last piece out. the voice in Roland's head gloated."Power ring?" Roland asked out loud, startled.Berandal looked at his. I hugged him and told him I was so glad he had revealed that to me. “I guess you didn’t realize that I was serious when I made that suggestion. I’m not at all upset because we all have needs and they’re pretty difficult to meet the way our marriage is going right now. I will tell you that I have been plenty tempted too. Oh, I mean it. If it’s just for sex then go ahead and enjoy it. I’ve met Casey and she’s nice enough. I don’t think that will hurt our marriage one bit and might even help. Call it 36 degrees per year." God! Does OSU even have that many degrees?" It does, but I'm not doing my reading by degrees anyway, just by what courses interest me. OSU has a huge number of courses. If I stay within four hundred feet of my downstairs study - remember range limits me - then I could read the online lecture notes for about forty five courses per week. I've been averaging about twenty per week for the last three weeks, three-quarters of which I do in the six hours while everyone.