“How barbaric! Have these parsees no respect for their dead?”“Parsees believe that earth and fire are sacred and that a dead body pollutes their...purity, therefore a body cannot be buried in the soil or consumed by flame. It is a disturbing way to dispose of a body to Christian, Jewish and Islamic minds, which is why the Arab invaders of Persia persecuted Zoroastrians but allowed Jews and what few Christians lived in Persia to practice their religions.”“Are there parsees in Cochin now?”“No, the. Most of them were non-fiction biographies and WWII and Civil War histories. The rest were mysteries.She was looking at a first edition Rex Stout, waiting for Bob to return with the coffee and cake, when he came up behind her and slid his arms around her. Nuzzling her neck he mumbled, "I have to be honest. I'm not really interested in coffee and cake right now."His kisses sent tingles all through her, making it difficult to return the book to the shelf. Once her hands were free, she turned so. She opened it, and looked at Michael’s eyes widened at the sight of her naked form. She pulled him closer to him. She kissed his neck. She kissed his bare chest. As her desire intensified and her fear waned she allowed her hands to explore every inch of his body. Michael stood there, frozen in obvious surprise. Taylor went for the his belt. As far as she was concerned, it was the only an obstacle that had to be done away with. She quickly and elegantly unbuckled the belt and unzipped his pants. “What?” Donny asked.“He’s not alone. The guy thinks he has led a normal life, because everyone he knows grew up the same way he did.”“No wonder Los Angeles is screwed up, if he’s representative of the people there,” Donny said.He had wondered about some of the things coming out of Washington, that he had watched on the news. It seemed to him that people had lost all common sense. This explained a lot.“Digging that hole was his first real physical job,” Craig said. “I’m glad you had him do.