"It dawned upon me, that Henny had not met Mary since last year's Christmas party. At that time she sure did not look like an Alfa woman. Well, for th...t matter, I did not look like a womanising mind-controller, either!"Well, you know. When the last kid moves out, it does something to a woman." I wouldn't know. I never had kids." Well, I don't know how to explain it. Something like 'momma moves out' and 'the woman' moves back in. Does that sound sensible?" It sure does. Lucky you! I've seen so. "Jethro, you don't need to hide behind Mac. I'll be glad to speak of him, of course, but you could use some support as well, I reckon."Keith would do this Jethro's way for now. "I was proud from the moment he arrived, two weeks early, squalling. I have been proud every minute of every day since. He was a good boy and now he's a good man, a good soldier and a good officer. A father could not be prouder. I trust that he knows that and I will tell him. Just as your parents are very proud of you,. He was artistic and sensitive -- a little shy, actually. A very sweet boy. I guess that makes him a pansy in a jock’s eyes.”“I went through the same sort of thing,” Eva replied. “Of course I was a good girl -- not into drinking. I liked the sensitive guys, too. I still don’t understand what I saw in Rob, ‘cuz he’s not like that at all.”“Well, anyway, I realized I liked girls. I fantasized about girls. I joined the swim team because I could be near girls in swimsuits. I liked seeing their legs.. If you ever find yourself in a shooting contest, ask if the man you are shooting against ever served with Morgan, the old wagonmaster. If he was one of Morgan's riflemen, you might as well swallow your ball and cap your powderhorn. Not since Cresap's time, way back in '75, had I ever seen such shooting. I thought I was pretty good, but those men could dot the I's on a printed page at a hundred paces.One night it really did look like we had the British on the run, but then at dawn we ran up.