I drank some more corn and then joined her, after stripping the sergeant's jacket from his body. It seemed the least bloody. It hung from her shoulder... and covered her hands. She sat down, her back to the well and cried, deep and racking sobs.I dragged the bodies one by one to the burning cabin, stripped them of anything useful and threw them into the roaring fire. The smell was awful. The six men only had five shillings and some script between them plus a bit of tobacco. I filled my ammunition. In less than a year, 10 years became 15, then 20, then 30. Within 10 years, all people could be rejuvenated to their mid-20’s. Death didn’t just take a vacation, death was laid off. People were now immortal. And not longer lives with deteriorating bodies, but with healthy, robust, vigorous bodies. It wasn’t just immortality, it was the fountain of youth. Discovery of the fountain halted everything. People didn’t know what to do initially. How was society going to change? What was the purpose of. “Is he playing with himself?” She went quickly downstairs through the hall and in to the kitchen. She eased the kitchen door open, as quietly as she could, and padded into the garden. She could still see the top of his head in the same place. She was going to creep up on him from the other side of the fence. Behind it on her side was the garden shed. She had to be quick and she had to be quiet. There was a slight wind which helped to cover the sound of her shoes on the stone flags. She slipped. Tony wore his toga, too, but he had pulled on pants under it. She had insisted.In the back seat of the car was an ice cooler, loaded with soft drinks and the makings for sandwiches. They planned to spend all afternoon at the pasture, having a picnic, being free in the open, and trying their best to feel as if they were in ancient Rome or Greece.Tony chattered constantly about what he had read of those people, of the open fucking, the wild orgies that went on, with everyone fucking everyone.