‘Hi, Rose. It’s a pleasure to me you,’ I said to her. Instead of taking my hand, she leaned over and kissed me on the lips. I mean an honest to ...oodness lovers’ kiss on the lips. I was flabbergasted. She pulled back and looked me in the eye and said, ‘Not bad.’ ‘What?’ I said. ‘Why did you do that?’ ‘Frank said you would be asking me to marry you and I wanted to make sure you knew how to kiss.’ ‘What? Marry you? What are you talking about? I don’t even know you. Grandpa, what the hell is going. There were no suspicious vehicles waiting with engines running. No odd characters lurking in the corners. The lobby had remained clear of strangers and the employees all looked bored and totally at ease.If there was any trap being laid, it was a good one.He slipped into the hotel and made his way to the elevator without being noticed or stopped. When he got to the door, he knocked in the code he had given to Olga. She opened the door immediately and started to nag him about how long she had to. What a plush, comfortable chair. ‘This chair probably costs more than my car,’ I thought to myself. I picked up the phone. Sure enough there was a dial tone. ‘Well at least the phone works,’ I thought. Mission accomplished. With the phone in my hand I swiveled the chair around and put my feet up against the dark paneled wall for a moment. It sure felt good sitting in this chair, that's for sure. Just as I was getting lost in the comfortable surroundings I was startled by someone knocking on the. CRACK, CRACK.The Chief Eunuch had turned round and the second pair of blows was struck using the opposite hand on each woman to the one originally used. Again, there was neither sound nor movement from the women. The Emir mounted the whipping dais and inspected the two pairs of lines closely."My congratulations again to my Chief Eunuch," he said, "The lines are exactly parallel, and there is no detectable difference in the effect of either hand. This expertise must save him a lot of time when.