Partly to keep from laughing, but also because Iknew it would annoy them, I ignored the strangers and kept at my choreuntil they were so close I could...smell the rich, earthy scent of the muckcoating them from head to toe.I had forgotten how strong they could be and was surprised when theclosest one caught my ax handle in mid-swing. "Insolent boy! Do you notknow who we are?"I was tempted to argue with them about the boy comment, considering I wasreally a girl. I decided to let it slide.. 20 approx I got a call from one of the pimps, and told me to meet at a point where we use to meet , I gone there with in 5 minutes, as I was waiting he came to the point and he told the price which was 5 times the original rate, I was really shocked and no outcalls he told, and I can have only one shot for that , I said I was not interested and opted out of it, he assured me he will call me once he got a free schedule in the same night and told me to wait in the neighborhood.I just planned. If the thought of springtime in Rome, away from the cares of home and with a steady supply of local wine, great food and lithe, tanned Italian men and women was not temptation enough, involvement with the world-famous archaeological dig certainly was. Spaces on the tour had filled up quickly."What Rachel means," Sarah explained, with a censorious glance at her friend, “is that there are a limited number of places on the expedition. We spoke to Professor Turner this morning, and she told us. If I passed you in the street I shouldn't look at you twice. I'm sorry for the way I reacted, but to be honest, I'd built up this picture of you as so imposing and charismatic and it was just such an anticlimax." That's all right," I said. "I want you to be honest. Have you noticed anything else?" Not a thing. In fact, if you really want me to be honest, I'm beginning to think some of my students have decided to perpetrate an incredibly elaborate practical joke." If they had," I suggested,.