I have several long distance calls to make, and the Mexican telephone system is not as efficient as Ma Belle!"Jill was smiling as she hung up. Ernesto...had a way of making everything seem so easy, so smooth. He was commanding, authoritative, and yet so nice to her! She was faintly surprised and almost disappointed that he hadn't yet made a pass at her. She couldn't figure it out. As for Senor Valdez, the fat niteclub owner, she was sure he would try to paw her the first chance he got. The. All the exercise warmed the rest of me a bit, but the mask kept my face from frostbite. It wasn't really much danger of frost bite but it sure felt like it.Since I had drained the carburetors on the both the lawn mower and on the Canary, it took a little doing to make them both turn over but they did eventually. I used the mower to tow the plane into position.Since I hadn't flown her in two months, I was a little concerned. Add to that the fact that I had never flown anything in the cold air,. Phebe had some more wine and was dealt a good hand. She had a good hand and wanted to see George finish Pete so she kept betting. But on the last bet, Pete bet twelve chips and Phebe called but George folded."Full house, sixes over fours," Phebe announced smugly."Five hearts!" Replied Pete."Pete, you're the lucky guy tonight. You get, what, twenty-four minutes of Phebe? It doesn't get any better than that." What are you gonna do?" asked Art. "You've got twenty-four minutes of pleasure."Pete sat. The door was unlocked so she went in to find numerous familymembers in improvised beds all over the house and many more on thebare floor. There was no John.She was sure that he must be still at the hall, perhaps found somedrinking buddies to make up for his lost time while he was on thetree. When she got there the hall was in darkness and locked up, butshe put her face against a window to see if anyone was still there.First of all she couldn't believe her eyes, the fairy was still on thetree..