What we had discovered was the sublimely uplifting knowledge of how much intimacy enhances a committed relationship. It was life-changing, in that the...e was no going back to our former state of ignorance.I realized that intelligence might be one thing. But experience is the quality that tempers intelligence into effectiveness. Up to this point, Kate and I had been preciously naïve. Now, I understood that there were depths of human understanding that we had only begun to plumb.Both Kate and I. It seems that word about Darrell and I having worked out our differences had spread. Mike was fit to be tied, however, but you just can't expect other people to do your dirty work if you can't afford to pay them a decent wage is the way that I look at it. Alice was positively giddy, dancing from foot to foot she was so anxious to speak with me, but we were finishing an assignment so we had to work with our original partners again.At lunch I really had no particular plans to sit with anyone. . well ... yes." So why are you doing it?" I..." I had no good explanation and I wasn't going to talk about what I did with Lindsay yesterday.Gaby asked out of the blue, "Are you two dating?" Well ... uh ... kind of." You don't know?" Emily asked."I guess we are." So you are?" Gaby asked."Yeah," I shrugged.Lindsay returned and Abigail was with her.Abigail immediately asked a very reasonable question. "What's going on?"Lindsay said enthusiastically, "We're changing Kyle so he can be on the. Nell briefed them.After that life returned to normal and after the second week Peter, having been reassured by Penny that she would be fine, went back to work.Penny was happy. She had enough with her housekeeping and the garden and was still able to go for the walks Peter had taken her. Inevitably she met other people walking their dogs. They were all so friendly, as were their dogs, that she really looked forward to meeting them. That led to the inevitable.“Peter?” she said one evening. “Now.