And I agree with them. I was ready to commit to her during Freshman year, even if it meant four years of celibacy before we could marry.”“Your hea...t and mind are in serious conflict.”“And my soul, too. Or better, what we call the «nous». In effect, it’s an admission that pure reason is insufficient, and that there will always be mysteries which escape analysis and which really can’t be expressed. It’s the unknowable depth of a thing which constitutes its true, indefinable essence, and reflects. Her eyes! Were as piercing as steel!Yet, there was amusement in those eyes as she looked down at him, and onher firm mouth there was a condescending smile. He found himself gaspingfor air. This was no simple woman, he realized, this was a Queen... agoddess... a Conqueror."I... I ," he stammered. "I enjoy the topic." Do you really?" She chuckled. It was like a soft rumble of distantthunder. "Let me take a look at it."Submissively he handed her the text. She flipped it over in her hands."Ha!" she. Over time, she would think about what had happened, and would think about it rationally. But for now she responded with pure emotion.Bobby felt the girl stiffen her knees and somehow knew it was time to let her go. He moved his hands from her back to her waist and tried to look through the tangled blond hair that wreathed her dirty face.“You need to be strong just a little longer,” he said, his face inches from hers. “They think you’re my wife and we can leave in a while. Just be strong a. If you're 30 plus it just looks a bit tragic, clopping round the dancefloor like an old goat slipping on ice.A good night though, but now she just wanted to be home, tucked up in bed. It was a warm night though, and at least it wasn't raining to spoil the walk. 10 minutes and she'd be back indoors. She took a left up the darkened close, Edinburgh was full of them. Some picturesque, like a scene from Harry Potter, some down which you wouldn't send your worst enemy. She'd lived here all her life.