.. Diane is supposed to be our slave. So why--?" No, she's ... it was Victor that..."Now Cassie looked bewildered as well. "Victor? What are you--?" S...e paused, her eyes widening. "That's weird, Jason. It's like I should have known that, but ... but it still won't make sense in my head. Are you sure you're not wrong about that?"Jason could not respond. He was not sure himself anymore. He could not hold both thoughts in his head at the same time: Victor as perpetrator, Diane as slave."We have to. With baited breath, they waited for what she was about to tell them. In the back of their minds, they knew what was coming. The enchanted animals had already warned them. “What’s your news, Rose?” Flora asked. “I’m in love! He is so wonderful,” she answered. “Oh, Rose,” Merry frowned. “This is bad…very bad,” Fauna agreed. Rose looked from fairy to fairy, confused. Something was amiss; she just knew it. Preparing herself for bad news, she sat down at the table. “What is it?” What’s wrong?”. As a result, one of them (Manisha) invited me for dinner. She was also from a remote village, but she had progressed well. I didn’t know how.She used to work at a restaurant as a waiter and had a two rooms apartment. A girl from a village having such luxury in the town was unbelievable at that time. But I didn’t ask her about that as I was busy with my own life. She had a boyfriend. As I reached her apartment, there were few other people, few guys, and girls. Her boyfriend was also there, and. .. Missus Quinton, and ... good to meet you, Eva."He got a hand-shake from me, a smile from Grace and a dimpled smile from Eva. I hadn't noticed the dimples previously. Back on board, she asked if she could bathe in the saloon; we pointed out the showers not far away on the Hythe."Oh, I'm not after a bath. I just want to get ready for bed. I'll shower in the morning."Grace and I left her to it and walked along the prom. The water had largely gone, two hours after high water, leaving the usual.