Tonight Jessie and I did just a little more to each other as we lay in bed. At the two o'clock feeding, Felicity ended up lying between us. I was begi...ning to think I was totally domesticated.In the morning, early, I went across to where the cattle were being gathered and ate with the crew. I owned all of the Wilcox horses and had one cut out for me that I liked the looks of. He was a little bigger than some of the others and I figured had a little more staying power. I knew I wouldn't be. I looked over and saw that Julie was wrapped tightly in Dad's arms and, as the two of them seemed to be engrossed in each other, I took a chance and pressed my lips to Mum's and got a very pleasant surprise when she opened her lips and pressed her tongue briefly into my mouth and ran it over mine and all round the inside of my mouth. When we pulled our faces apart I whispered quietly in her ear,"I loved what you did for me and I would love for you to do it again sometime and hope you'll let me. Outside, she allowed him to take up the descriptions and he patiently showed Greta the goats, the chickens and the fields. They came to the pigsty.Angela looked worried. "Where are the pigs, Joseph?" Gone," said Joseph. "I'll be getting some new piglets next week."The two women looked upset, but Joseph said nothing and waited on Angela. He saw light dawn in her eyes."Gone to slaughter?" she asked."Yes, they'd reached ideal weight." Don't you find it hard to do that? D'you miss them?" No, don't. Any attempt to run out that door meant braving a raging fire, and none of the women inside were yet willing to do that. Otto still had a healthy supply of Molotov Cocktails at his beck and call. The fuses were not lit, but they were otherwise ready for when he needed them.The door at the front was still blocked by bodies, so nobody was coming out that way, either. At last, the sound of a fire siren was heard headed toward the restaurant. The automatic signal must have tripped at the nearest.