Then, one evening in late November, we were shelving books and she told me that it was her birthday and that her husband had forgotten about it and th...t he was that way about everything. She had been widowed almost fifteen years earlier and had met and married her current husband who turned out to simply lead his own life and take little interest in her or their relationship. With that she began to cry.I stepped to her and circled my arms around her as she looked up. Our lips came together in a. Jean-Claude put my back-pack next to my phone, I unzipped and opened out the meager contents onto the counter. "No contraband officer. May I enter please?" Honi took my phone and put it in a locker behind her. Locking its door, she added the locker's little key to a room key. "You've given people the number of our landline, in case of emergencies, right?" she asked, She gave me both keys, attached to a ring."Yes, of course, but everyone knows I'm on vacation and better not phone me unless. They came prepared, and a few enjoyed whatactually happened. It had caused a few who would not have come, to comeas a show of solidarity.One theater patron said, "Aren't you ladies lined up for the wrongroom?" Not according to the state's silly laws," came the deep voiced replyfrom Jean one of the larger ladies in the line. Jean's an ex-Marine,linebacker type, having trimmed down to 220 lbs. She wore heels that setoff her already 6'2" frame.The line moved very slowly, as the ladies all wanted. She was right of course; it was kind of the done thing at Highgate to be honest. A lot of the girls spent their evenings in the dormitories customising their clothing. To be fair the ‘regulation length’ was an inch above the knee which, I’m sure you’ll agree, was ridiculously long. However, Mrs Hemsley did have a point I suppose; my skirt was currently an inch below my nether regions and in no way regulation length. It was a good look though, and I can only reassure you, dear reader, that I.