That decided him."Bring her and Esh-Shems to my harem and present her in the anteroom to the harem in an abaya in two hours from now," he ordered the ...hief Eunuch.Walking back from the Ruby Palace with the Chief Eunuch, who was obviously very flattered by his company, David indicated that both of the girls he had specially inspected would remain when they had been moved into his harem, and that the rest, together with a dozen or so of the Golden Harem women would be sold or given away, with the. The air was good, with the scent of living things and a comfortable amount of humidity. There had been no space walks to admit fungus but a small experiment that took samples like a sea anemone did something similar. The digestion, though, showed that some things were now growing from a sterile environment. Some fundamentalists thought this was just a mistake and discounted it out of hand. Others concurred with me that fungus might be in every gravity well.I checked the fuel cell I was very. I just wished I’d understood at the time, that Porticia was the other train I was talking about, hiding in that bloody tunnel. Well, that first date and the little kiss I got at the end of it, led to a second and third date, following in quick succession. By the end if the month, Mercedes and I had become an item. When we weren’t either at college or working, we were together. I would find Dee waiting by my van when I came out of my evening college classes and on the days I was at college she. "I want you to meet Joe" Carmen said to Bob as they came over to me. I was expecting a handshake when Bob moved up to me and placing his hands on my cheeks, pulled me in and kissed me as Edna had. When we broke off, "Nice to meet ya" he said. I was a bit stunned at first, but then Carmen came up to me, "I told them all about you and what you like" she whispered to me. We all then moved into the living room and Carmen and Edna sat on the sofa while Bob took the chair and had me sit in the lounge.