But it was nowhere to be seen, and the man was running back along the lane in the direction I’d just come from. Then he was out of sight around the ...end. After a few seconds he re-appeared carrying my bike, which he put up against the hedge at the side of the road. ‘How are you feeling? Your leg looks pretty badly cut.’ ‘I’m ok I guess. But my leg does hurt.’ ‘I haven’t got a mobile to phone an ambulance, have you got one?’ ‘Yes, there’s one in my bag. But I don’t need an ambulance.’ ‘Well if. He asked about his grandson and son. I said everything is fine. He entered the house and kept silent. He sat on the couch.I went into the kitchen to get water and tea for him. He took the glass and drank water and asked me to heat a bucket of water for bathing. Then we did not have an automatic geyser in our bathroom. So we used to use a normal stick heater to heat water.I went into my bedroom and took out the heater. I put it in the bucket and was checking for soap and shampoo in the. There was no communication, and every instruction or notification of a problem took at least 5 steps to move up and down the chain of command, usually taking days. A.F. had run the company personally for decades and knew every single employee and their spouses by their first name (and probably all of their children's names as well). He spent far more time with his workers than he ever did behind his big desk. Since his death, management remained 'isolated in their ivory tower' and didn't seem. ”Before we could decide anything Faye finished her shower and came back in. But while we were having breakfast it came to me.“I think I might have a stab at a bit of drumming,” I announced. “Not seriously, for the Bi Band, but just for a bit of fun, to play around on. There’s space in the dungeon isn’t there? I’ll just pick up a cheap kit on eBay or something.”Faye took a small breath.“Oh sure,” Alice agreed, “I wouldn’t mind a go myself. I mean Dave Grohl can. I think ‘Bi Band’ is a bit.