I made a mental note to experiment with Vickie later. I was curious if my shield was blocking her ability to read me as well."How hard is it to keep a...shield like that going?" Penny asked. "Could you keep it up all the time?" I don't think so. I have to focus pretty hard right now," I replied."Maybe if you practiced, it would get easier," Natalie suggested. "Things usually get easier with repetition."I decided Natalie might have a point, so I kept the shield around me. It was hard to walk,. She had not realised that a Club could get through so much provender. ‘How many covers to you serve each day?’ she asked in astonishment. ‘We would usually have one hundred and twenty to a hundred and fifty for Lunch, and probably about the same for Dinner. That’s weekdays of course. At the weekends quite a lot less.’ Abby’s mind worked furiously to understand this apparent anomaly. The answer when it came was simple. The Club members like the city traders were not there at the weekends. ‘Would. As I mentioned earlier the first hour of the day was dedicated to discussions and breakfast. Well, also included were lunch and dinner if desired. Weekends everybody was on their own. On one particular weekend I proposed to the employees that we take a well deserved break. I had purchased a 33 foot cabin cruiser, or more accurately yacht, which was mostly under-utilized. I suggested that we all take the weekend off and go on a cruise. As I mentioned it on our Thursday morning bull session I was. You slept through lunch and you didn't have breakfast with all of the excitement, so I brought you one of my home-made snacks. Healthy and tastes good, what more could you want?" Oh, cool, thanks ... mmm, good."Pleased that he liked her food, Mrs. Veneer mussed with the back of Phillip's head. "Now don't make a mess, but be sure to finish it before you enter the East Room."Phillip was stuffing the last of his snack into his mouth as he entered the East Room. A very crowded East Room that had a.