Harper just “huffed” at her husband and continued searching drawers in the kitchen.Rockie walked out onto the balcony and picked up the pill caddy...that she had seen on the table where they had all been sitting. Showing it to Mr. and Mrs. Harper, she asked, “Is this it?”“Hallelujah!” said Mr. Harper. “Where did you find it this time?”“It was on the table on your balcony,” Rockie informed them.“That’s right,” Mrs. Harper said to her husband. “You took it out with us so you wouldn’t have to. Claire spoke up, "Mr. Simeroth was here today looking for you, something about trouble with the land claims." Did he say anything else?"In a sarcastic voice she said, "Only that we women needn't worry about it and the men would handle it." She looked at me, "Alex, you forget that to all other men, women are only to be heeded when it comes to morals and manners. Everything else is the man's job, even though the women may do the work." She turned to Elizabeth and Louise, "Did you learn anything. Our five-person party arrived at the restaurant about two in the afternoon. Rodrigo had been told that I had brought on a master winemaker to help me, so he was very interested in what I had to sell.First was a delicious meal that had a sizzling tomato sauce to die for. While we ate, Doroteo poured our hurry up wine for Rodrigo to taste. He was very impressed and wanted us to compare the California wine he had been using since he had run out of ours. Ours was much better.When we were having. Having a full-time girlfriend whose idea of celebrating New Years was much more intimate had prevented me from joining the festivities, before.Of course, I’d run into problems. My cousin needed help moving to his new house and I’d been roped in, under the pretext of him seeing me one last time before basic training, of course. So, after an 18-hour day, I made it to the party after it’d been in full swing for a couple of hours, and I was completely wiped out. I managed one rum and coke, then.