. right now... be too soon?"I knew he said this to throw his wife off track and we settled on the following day.I retired to my room soon after saying...I was tired. I wanted to be fresh the following day with Mrs. Baring thinking I was staying to see her again under the pretext of helping with Nicole's piano playing. Her teacher had complained that while the girl had a talent for the instrument, she lacked the desire to strive as hard as one must to become a competent musician.Armed with the. I was so tired from all of that walking that I was almost ready to collapse. Now I feel like I could run for miles.”I expected that the Water of Life would have done all of its miracles for Naomi by tomorrow, and that was when I would start her training. I wanted to make sure that she was in tip-top condition before I pushed her too hard. It would be dark in about another hour, so it was time to start looking for a place to spend the night. Frankly, I hoped to take her up on her offer of sex. More fire was coming from the top deck. You could hear the difference between the AKs and some other kind of automatic rifle. The sounds of handguns and shotguns were obvious.I heard the thud of a round hitting someone and a man near me pitched back. He was probably all right, but would be stunned for a while. I kicked a couple of double doors to make them swing in to see if I could draw fire.No shit, draw fire, three separate weapons were firing in my direction. I had jumped back behind the. I am a woman, for the moment living in your house, offering myself to you the man, not to you the Emir, Lord of All This Land, may you live for ever,” she said, meanwhile dropping the gown on the floor and walking slowly towards him, “Are you a man who wants me, or an Emir who wants to show off his power?”The Emir took off his kameez and shalwar, revealing a very solid erection, but said nothing. As Gwenllian reached him he put his hands on her shoulders and pressed down, expecting her to go on.