Unfortunately, it had remained curiously elusive so far despite several signs indicating it was close."Surely we must be near now," Gillian said cross...y."I dunno," Sam replied with a shrug, "that last sign said six kilometres to Euro Port and yet there's still no sight of it."Louise couldn't be bothered to contribute to the conversation. Her head was somewhere else and had been all day. As the miles rolled by effortlessly, she had been mulling over all the events of the last three days, trying. ”“Yes – ok, Dan.” She smiled and sat at the table reading a book.Dan leafed through the paper by the radio.The he got up and stuck his hands in his pockets. “I think I’ll have a glass of sherry young lady,” he announced. “Do you like a sherry shandy?! He asked her.“Oh I don’t know, what’s it like?”“OK you’re about to find out then!” he laughed.She laughed too and closing her book, raised herself from the table and stood fingering her hair in the mirror above the mantelpiece.Dan returned bearing. Us pal ke intejar ke liye mai bahut baichen tha agle din mai fresh hoke 10 bajne ka intejar karne laga par jaane kya hua us waqt ghadi bhi bahut lamba samay laga rhi thi karib sawa 9 baje mere dost ka phone aaya ki market chalna he 10 minutes me vapas aa jayenge maine socha ki manaa kardu fir dhyan aaya time kaise katega to mai uske sath chala gaya fir mere dost ne puri market ke chakkar kat diye isi dauran uske 10 baje ke baad kai sare phone calls aa chuke the wo mujhse naraj hote ja rhi thi. "Yeah. I mean I am not dead. Just gender bend. It will take some timeto get used to it, but I'll be fine," Mercy replied. But quietly in theback of her head, a small voice whispered that this was strange. Thatshe was too calm. Too eager to get on with her life. *Maybe it is ashock,* Mercy reasoned. *Once it wears off maybe then I'll flip out.*"Well, it is late," her mother continued. "We will call your schooltomorrow and tell them you won't attend. You will need new clothes andthe self-help.