And saw a perfectly ordinary hand, completely unblemished.He was still pale-faced and white with shock when she came into the room.It was a good thing... he thought later, when he had time to consider such things, that he had been so surprised by the continued existence of his hand that the appearance of Svetlana caused no more than mild confusion.She was dressed in the colors of an unhappy winter. She wore a heavy, shapeless dress, the color of dirty snow. Below the low hem, he could glimpse. A thousand gallons would give me another seven and a half hours at cruising speed.Anyway, something to think about later. For right now, I was enjoying the wind in my face! It would take us about six hours at this speed to reach our destination. I had an idea in the back of my mind to visit my island. I had the coordinates but when I had looked it up before, the path was not a clear one.I would have to go north west of Panama City to Destin, cross the break between Henderson Beach and Okaloosa. She never would have thought that Aunt Jane would do something like this to her own daughters. But then again, she thought, her own mother had just treated her like a slave. Anything seemed possible these days.It was also a surprise that her mother and Aunt Ann were going to be staying for a whole week. She had assumed that her mother would return home that evening or Sunday at the latest. Now, she would have to endure the humiliation of serving her mother over an extended period.The three. While none of us has ever been to Woden, there is still something inside me that wants to try to help free all of those people. If we can somehow convince this commander to try to work with us, then I think we have a chance of achieving something," stressed Ben."And if they simply fly away our chance is gone?" That's it in a nutshell. I'm going to have to do something about it. You'll have to excuse me while I try to change his mind," said Ben.Sarah expected Ben to sit down and then tune out.