“What makes you say that?”“Paul, you’re not a mountain man by nature. Your time in the cavalry has allowed you to accept harsh conditions, but...if you had a choice, you would prefer a life with much more comfort than we have now. You know I’m right. So, I figure that we can put up with our bed at home for the Summer and then we can move to a more refined situation.”“Opal Anne I’m so happy that your bright red hair got my attention back on the prairie. I cannot imagine having a better partner or. “What the hell is going on with you? First, I hear that you are banging a couple of red-hot twins, then I see you with your tongue down Little Miss Pretty’s throat.”Jules went scarlet, but I interjected. “It’s a long, long story, Sue, and here is not the place. Can we catch up later?” “Fine,” she said. “Your room, straight after class. You’ll need to be quick, because I have a date tonight. I can spare you half an hour, but it better be good.”She and Gordon moved off.Jules looked at me. “You tensed.”I bit my lip. “We’re going to flee the castle soon. We’re going to Sven. With the Lodestone destroyed, I don’t need to be here.”“But don’t you need to be close to your father to spy on him?”I shuddered. I so wanted to be close to him. “Not any longer.”“But, what if he has new—”I pressed a finger against her lip. “We are leaving. We’ll being making our preparations in the morning, okay?”She nodded her head, though slowly, reluctantly. Her eyes shone with the candlelight burning on. ” My sentence wasn’t just long, it was very long. Maybe it was too long. If I broke it up and said the same thing in shorter sentences, then I would use fewer commas. I smiled to myself, pleased that I’d solved Mrs Stone’s little puzzle.About then, Mrs Stone wrapped up her lesson by asking, “So does anyone have any questions about verbs?”That question was met by the expected silence, but I almost laughed out loud. I had a question. I had a question about verbs. I wondered if I was brave enough.