.." Don't worry your pretty little head, Sweetie!" Carla said, "This MisterJohnson happens to be a very successful investments consultant and asavvy n...gotiator in his own right. We'll be able to negotiate the dealall by ourselves!" But I--" We'll need you, of course," As Carla said this I began to regain mysense of identity. But then she went on, "We'll need you to serverefreshments and provide a bit of pleasant distraction for the exec whenhe--" He's here now," Liz called, then turned to the. It just so happened that I had a few thoughts of my own about that. "Exactly. You're a washed out hag. Turned into a hag by a lousy marriage."She turned toward me and smiled. "Exactly, Gary. We understand each other. A year from now this will have been water under the bridge. We'll both remember it and you can smile."I looked at her earnestly and realized that no diamond could be more precious to me than my big sister at that moment. And I said, "I want to kiss the way we kissed every day of my. ...my Dad was working late so tea would be at about 7 pm it was now about 5 pm we were hot and exhausted i suggested we got in the Den and had some of the pop and snacks I had got, Lewis agreed, he pulled histop off as we headed over to the Den, we crawled inside, when inside he removed his welly's too and put them outside the doorway,anything else you would like to take off I saidwell actually yes he said I would, I looked at him quizzically,Oh really? yes he said here help me he undid his. But, my friend, if you think you could sell it whole, I can show you exactly where the stones are," Ariston said."Ah yes, my friend, you are quite right about the necklace. No one in the city except the king could buy it." Mustafa got up and paced the garden. "I don't want a partner, but I need one. I've had three caravans robbed in the past year. What you heard in the market is true. Bad luck, but such is life." He looked at the necklace. "This is such a fine thing. I hate to break it up ....