I just knew it.Okay, drawing a deep breath. Thankful that I had had hours to get over my hangover. Grandfather wanted me to find something here. Or he...would never have asked me to visit it. Come on, come on, now was not the time to be obtuse in my thinking.I looked for the usual things, hidden safes or panels, concealed switches. There was nothing visible I could put my finger on as being a key to the future. But then there wouldn’t be.Taking out my phone, I called Nick, “Nick, I will be here. I pressed my squelch button again. "Doin' okay," I said, clearing mythroat and trying to sound normal. "Real tired though." Just an hour more or so, and then we're home. And beddy-bye for all ofus." We could have, like, gone to a motel or something, y'know." Daleinterrupted from the Ford. "And continue on after a good night's sleep.We had the money for it." It's just that Danny needed to be back before six," I said. "But likeJanet said, just an hour more." Excuse me," Walter the butler. .." He grinned to himself. "Well, they weren't very Christian thoughts."I started to tense up.He took a sip of beer. "But Tina defended you. She didn't want me to hurt you, even after all you did." He took another sip. "But she also didn't want to marry you, when we thought she might be pregnant." I had no idea—" I know. She didn't tell you."I fell silent and took a sip of my own beer. The bitter taste reminded me why I preferred wine, but I knew better than to say anything."Do you think you. I was not only tired, but slightly overwhelmed by all that I had learned. By my watch, it had only been about six hours since I last took a shower. But by my body's clock, it had been three days. Three days of very hard, intensive training.As I dried myself, I considered what had happened. I now knew who had done this to me, and why. I understood my capabilities and limits a little better, and what I needed to work on. I still did not know what kind of evil I would be facing, but I knew what I.