I had my swimming pants on under my trousers, but no towel, relying instead on the evening sun and running around to dry my body.While swimming I noti...ed one of the gay men watching me. He must have been swimming as he had a rolled up towel under his arm. I watched him as he sat down on the river bank beside my clothes. Even now, over 50 years later, I can remember he was quite good looking and had brown curly hair. I suppose he was around 30 or 40.Had any of my friends been around that. Αλλά δε μπορούσε να γίνει αλλιώς. Φοιτητής εγώ, ήμουν αναγκασμένος να το κάνω αρκετές φορές το χρόνο. Είχα συνηθίσει να κοιμάμαι για να περνάει η ώρα. Μερικές όμως φορές η ώρα περνούσε σχετικά ευχάριστα στο σαλόνι του καραβιού αν πετύχαινες ευχάριστους ανθρώπους. Πότε με συζήτηση, πότε με χαρτιά. Σε αυτό το ταξίδι είχαμε μαζευτεί 4-5 άτομο άγνωστα μεταξύ τους και η συζήτηση είχε ανοίξει για τα καλά. Το ταξίδι ευτυχώς ήταν πιο υποφερτό από άλλες φορές. Ένα μεσήλικο ζευγάρι, μια γυναίκα γύρω στα. “Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Damien Martin,” Lacey then announced the newlywed couple.There was very loud applause to that, just as there was to the next couple getting hitched.“Do you, Eric, take this woman, Maryam, to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, to love, cherish, and protect, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, for as long as you both shall live?” Lacey continued after the rings were. I did have a somewhat good ear for accents but Therese’s still baffled me slightly. Not quite Southern enough to be considered ‘fully Southern’ but still not quite Northern enough to be considered Northern or Midwestern. She was from somewhere in between, some of the states that were 50/50. “Good guess,” she said, neither confirming nor denying that she was from Kentucky. “Beautiful day isn’t it?” I asked. “The best.” “Have you settled into your new house?” I asked her. “I have, thank you.”.