" he averred, "How I wish I had a tenth of a fortune to spend," he said."Then I shall repay what you lent me and more, a hundred pounds, but keep it b...tween us." I insisted. He smiled broadly."Tis good to hear John but it will be even better when it is in my hand."I found him a silver ingot from my room, "A deposit," I insisted, yet we both knew it was far more than I owed.I went to see Catherine again, the swine herd had whipped her again when she bit his appendage while he sought to take. I have not upset those people this week.’ ‘No, Jim, I want you to do it in Brooklyn, if that is okay with you. Then I want you to place half of it in my name and half of it, in Ann’s name… ‘Ouch, what did I do wrong, now?’ Ann said, ‘We will open a joint account, and have him put all the money in it, dummy.’ Charlie said, ‘Jim did you know, she hits hard?’ ‘Charlie, I have never had the pleasure. However, by the volume of your ‘ouch’, I will take your word for it.’ ‘Where was I before I was. When she did, I got up and took both our plates and cleaned up. Then I opened the door to head back outside. She hesitated before following me.The sky was changing, getting darker. "Looks like rain."I looked up and saw all the clouds moving in. "I think you're right."As I finished speaking, Nate walked back into their site. Maya noticed him a few moments before she reacted. "Well, I better get back to our site. Maybe I'll see you later?" She didn't sound thrilled to head back to her own. Sure would like to get to know her better. Outback there's a small barn where I work and a tool shed where they used to smoke their meat in the early days. You can still smell the hickory in those walls. Up the road a bit to the west is the trestle where locals come to swim on a warm afternoon like today. There's a path to the north I like to take to my favorite fishing hole. Its secluded about a hundred ft. basin that during our dry season its only about 5 feet deep but still holds just enough.