Tom's and our house were on one side of the road, backing on to a wood lined railway and the other six houses were built on the other side of the road... It's strange but we had lived in the street for ten years without ever really having anything to do with our neighbours, the other families all had c***dren which was possibly why we had so little in common and also explained why at ten O'clock there was only Tom, Paul and I left in Tom's house.That's when Tom opened up, lots of alcohol had. "I've just been checking out your ass, it's okay." Okay?" she looked aghast, "Just okay?" Hey, squirt." I laughed, "It's a great little ass, believe me it is, that asshole didn't know what he had."The fire in the grate had died down a bit as had the glow from the pot-bellied stove."What time is it?" she asked.I looked at my watch."Nine o'clock, why?" We need more wood to keep the fires going."I opened the back door and saw that she must have cleared a path every day to the woodshed, not just. You know any other Kenshins?Kaoru: What, are you still asleep? Come on, we're going home. (dragging him off)(On the way home.)Kaoru: You usually sleep lightly, so I think when you sleep deeply, you're dreaming of the past.Kenshin: It's been a while since I dreamed of those days.Yahiko: The Shinsengumi? You mean the famous rivals of the Ishin Shishi?Kenshin: Yes. The ones I crossed swords with I don't know how many times. The Shinsengumi was originally a unit employed by the Bakufu's Kyoto. "Payne gritted his teeth. "Ralph Alpher. Hans Bethe. George Gamow."Toddy continued to draw a complete blank."The Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper?" Payne ventured.Still no connection. Clearly, Payne realized, physics was not Toddy's strong suit."AI," he finally sighed in frustration, "please enlighten my comrade here on the topic of the Alpha-Beta-Gamma paper. The Wikipedia condensed version, not an in-depth discussion of the theoretical implications regarding the Big Bang." Bethe had nothing to do.