*****The rest of the night slowly tapered off. One by one the hedonistsfell asleep around the room, sexually spent as the fragrance from thebrew earli...r in the night began to wear off. It was nearly sunrisewhen the last person curled up in their spot to rest, and it was wellinto the next day when everyone started to stir.It was almost 4 pm when most everyone was up, their changes revertingin their sleep. Even so, it was several hours of light whispers andlaying around until anyone even had the. ”“Just sit back and relax,” the driver, who had introduced himself as Sam, said, after helping me into the vehicle. “The journey time will be a little over an hour, the traffic is pretty heavy at the moment. Would you care for some music?”“Thank you,” I said, “do you have something operatic?”“Mozart, The Magic Flute?” he suggested.“That would be fine, thank you.”He pressed some buttons on his console and the bus was filled with the sounds of Mozart’s overture.It actually took nearly an hour and. .. it rattled around and bounced, finally coming to a stop on double zero. "Double zero," he called. "No bets on double zero." He cleared the table."Hold up, Charley ... folks ... I'm gonna need a couple of minutes to check the wheel." He crawled under the table and looked for magnets or screwjacks. The bouncers came over and lifted the wheel and replaced the bearings. I got a good look under the wheel and it's bed ... no tricks I could see."Listen" he whispered to me," ... place a million. Security is your baby, Mr Cunningham, health is mine!"Cunningham took a deep breath ready to respond but, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a smiling Mr Foster shake his head slightly, just the once, and the security chief deflated like a pricked balloon. "Carol?" my patient suggested, "Why don't you go and check over your equipment and supplies? These gentleman and I have much to discuss..."Taking the hint, I smiled, nodded and rose from my chair. "The second door or the right down the.