I remember the stories you told about summers with your family, how you sailed boats on a lake like this."Southern California wasn't like this. Too dr..., always too dry and hot. You used to say that's why the people got so many wrinkles, from going out in that harsh sunshine."Remember? I'd drive you around in that old Packard limousine with the shades drawn. You always wore sunglasses and a big hat to protect your skin. It worked, too -- you had the skin of a woman half your age."He had a pile. But their laughter died when the gong sounded. The door open and into the room walked one young man and four women. Their skin was pale in color, their eyes dark, and their lips red.They stood at the far end of the table near the chair. The boys could not belive their eyes. Someone was sitting on the chair. His hair was dark, and like the others his skin was as pale as the dead."Sit," he commanded.The boys looked around, where was the girls they wondered.The door open again. Terri and Jane. "Well I bet he is now!" Elizabeth laughed loudly, making the others break into hysterics.With the game now well and truly underway, Victoria was quickly put on the spot and asked the same question "Truth or Dare" but to everyone's surprise the striking teen-queen eagerly answered, "DARE!"Feeling bold, Daniella then proposed a ridiculous task and insisted that Victoria strip down to her birthday suit and stand outside on her tiny terrace for a full minute. Naturally, no one in the group believed. .”“You were putting Baroness Lehzen over the jumps while probing the... ?”“No, fortunately Louise has the painters in, and I am currently galloping...”“‘Has the painters in’? What are you on about, Humph?”“My, my, you are a backwards lot in Lincolnshire. ‘Having the painters in’ is a euphemism, meaning a female has her monthly visitor, Jack.”“Oh.” It was a term I was not familiar with, probably used in the salons of London but certainly not in Grantham or Valenciennes.“But I interrupted you,.