”I needed t’make em see. Passion’s needed like n’er before.“I thought I heard something similar once. I knew a woman from Shepherd’s Crook...at the Scholium. She didn’t talk about home much, but bits of the dialect stuck.”I took a deep breath and tried to focus on Lady Ashley. I longed to submerge myself into Shepherd Girl’s simplicity. “Look, everyone’s passion is needed. Especially the focuses. If you can’t fuck me, then there must be people I’ve irritated or who are naturally into taking. I think everything will OK."Mom sat quietly for a minute."Suzette," she said. "I'm glad you're here. And Jay, I'm glad you're awake. I also won't have to speak twice."Jay, you know what will happen if I find out you're trying to take advantage of this situation. The natural tendency will be to gloat and brag about how you won. I want this clear from the outset. No one won anything. If I so much as think you've made a snide comment or given Mrs. Crawford so much as a sneer, we won't need the car. We are adjourned."She came over to me trembling. "You rat! I thought you would lead this one!" No, for two reasons. One is that our group needs to know that we are co-leaders and, two, we were being watched closely by our hosts. They needed to see a woman in charge." I grinned. "Besides, you're much better looking." Charles, that's cruel. You will have to make love to me an extra time to make up for it." We looked at each other and laughed merrily.Bobbi came up beside us and said, "I'm going to. "No surprise. I assume that you know you are a beautiful woman." Humph," she said. "Wait until you see my sister. I'm a drab compared to her."I smiled and she returned my smile."Most of these would-be suitors are filthy Tories or their lickspittle friends, spineless curs. There have even been some Germans."I waited."We, Susan and I, wish you to chase them off, to put fear in them so they will leave us alone." All right," I said. "I can try." And I want you to horse me good and proper. I have a.