Holmes and I stood as a young woman not many years older than Victoria opened the door and bid us to follow her. She led us upstairs and stopped outsi...e a closed chamber door."His Lordship will meet you inside," she said simply and then departed in silence.I looked at Holmes, shrugged, and then quietly opened the door. It was as Palmerston had described: darkened save for the dim glow in the hearth and with two straight-backed dining chairs placed in the shadows on the opposite side of room. In. I bet your wife Irish!” “Yes. As a matter of fact she is Irish.”“Oh. Good. That means she has a red bush!”Jack was too embarrassed to answer that question as hestarred down at the floor.“I want you to tell me in your own words, Jack. Tell meyour wife’s bush is naturally red.”Jack swallowed hard as he replied, “Yes. It’s red.”Everyone in the room broke out in loud laughter as Jacksat feeling humiliated in his chair.“I want. They got up and lead us to the coat room and told us to get totally undressed.There we were totally naked in a coat room of a crowded bar. Our master put a collar and leash on us then started to walk us into the bar. They paraded us around stopping to talk with customers and generally mingled with the crowd. They went to the bar, ordered a drink and took a seat. We were told to get on our hands and knees so they could rest their feet on our backs.It was interesting because a girl came and. Gazza had transported Scar and Dent into the ship. At first, the ants had been worried by being so far from their Queen but the link they had forged with Gazza seemed to reduce any anxiety caused by the dullness of that link.Once they knew the link to Gazza was strong, neither of them was particularly worried by the loss. They had never had as much fun in their lives, as they did living with the wizards and they were perfectly happy to remain as their personal guards.When Gazza informed Scar.