‘But for this, it’s an inconvenience for Anne, who expects you to help in the kitchen tonight, if I end up telling her that no, because you’ve b...en good, I’m having her shoulder the entire burden on a whim. Would that be fair to her?’ ‘No.’ I said, as I started unbuttoning the shirt, getting my master’s hint. ‘Anne also gave me some grapes to bring up here if you want them.’ ‘Eh, not right now,’ Master said. ‘Unless it’ll keep you from asking painful questions.’ ‘Painful questions?’ I responded. She's over this way."Brown and Wicks followed the young deputy to the edge of Ain't There Lake -- so-called because of the propensity of the shallow body of water to appear overnight, with the coming of heavy rains, and (despite its impressive size) to disappear again a few dry days later, leaving only a slightly soggy, weed-strewn depression -- an open field. For the moment, with the past week's rains, Ain't There Lake was, indeed, there.It was necessary to wade along the edge of the water to. Given all the children born since the exodus, there was no escaping them. Pushing away from the wall, she began the walk home."I'm back."Kasia said it softly as she opened the door, not wanting to be blamed for waking Tolek. She needn't have worried. Urszuli was feeding the infant, dress unbuttoned enough for the large breast to pop out. Roda sat beside her, one of Tymon's work shirts in her lap. She looked up, needle paused in its work."Did you have trouble?"Kasia shook her head, shifting the. "I continued, "And did she request a new bed because of what transpired on her bed?"She gulped and answered, "Yes she did?"I barked, "Attention! Excuse fucking me! How did you just address me?"She snapped to attention and I could see the fear in her eyes as she corrected herself, "Yes Sir! She did."I left her standing at attention as the head nurse ran up. I recognized her as soon as she arrived. She noticed Katie standing at attention and was smart enough to come up, snap to attention, salute.