It was what she asked me that I thought was rather surprising." Oh?" She told me that she and Owen have had sex a couple of times and that it's not as...good as she'd thought it would be. It seems she's listened to us having sex, even right outside our bedroom door, and she says we sure do enjoy what we're doing." True enough, I suppose. What else?" She said when they do it, he just gets off and then it's all over. I told her that she was certainly missing out on one of life's most wonderful. Sid looked over at Connor and said, "You know. I bet a thousand men behind the slaver army would surprise them as well."Nodding his head, Connor said, "I'm on it."Connor turned his horse and rode off in a hurry. The commander of the remaining troops was getting his men organized to set up camp. It would take ten minutes to get them prepared for battle and even more time to get them into position. Connor gave them the orders and then returned to Sid's position.Gesturing over his shoulder with. Then we even broke into their lodge for the young ones and we ate well enough on that for days as the water slowly seeped away, leaving a wide, muddy clearing.We let the water drain away very slowly so as to not wash away the muddy bottom. As the water level dropped to our ankles we could see the fins of large fish stranded in the puddles and I waded in to grab some. But they were too slippery! Mataoka had fun watching me struggle, and then spent some time weaving together a crude fishing net. 'You better do something worthy of it tonight, boyo. Life doesn't give this gift often, especially if a man lets it slip between his fingers.'Of course, 'the luck of the Irish' is just a cliché, but as with most such phrases, there is a truth hiding behind the words. Another cliché', and one I'm particularly fond of is, 'lucky at cards, unlucky at love.' This one, especially, seems to define my life. So it was that after my last, failed relationship, I was again at the casino, ready to try my.