Of course, Alice knew exactly how old she was, as she once bought the studio from her 70-something accompanist. Alice taught piano, not dance, in the ...ig room during her stewardship, but had retained enough of her skills over the years to pick up almost anything by ear for a student. Now needing a hearing aid, Alice was fighting her doctor’s recommendation that she use a cane or a walker for her day-to-day activities.Alice’s jarring collision with Larry Childers served to tell her how easily an. Damned ifen that coin didn't point us toward San Antonio, so we headed that way. Nothin' interestin' happened fer the first three days, an' we were wonderin' ifen we was doin' the right thin'. Ya kin tell that we was right spoiled by all of our previous good luck, an' we was fidgetin' 'cause nothin' was happenin' ta keep us amused. It was obvious that I had forgotten that I sometimes went a month or six weeks afore I found a fugitive, an' most of the other bounty hunters what I knew figured. Even my wife doesn’t know the truth. If she did she would leave me for sure. You are the first to hear the truth and I will let you decide for yourself if I have a gift or if I really am crazy.I used to have a theory which I am now convinced is fact. Everyone lives a double life. Everyone has the persona they want the world to see. Everyone has an image that has been carefully crafted over time that they protect with enormous effort and energy. But everyone also has the real personality that. Hmmmm…I may be on to something here. He smirked at me knowingly. ‘Okay! We’re off to the pond,’ Hans proclaimed from another room. As much as he pleaded with me to call him Leo, he was still my Hans. It was hard to think of him any other way at that point. The pond turned out to be a spring-fed machine dug hole in the ground. The water was freezing and my nipples immediately turned to stone as I waded in. This was my first experience swimming in the nude, as was the European fashion. The.