“Oh Lady V, you don't want me cluttering up the place...”“I most certainly do want you, Alison. And no strings attached. It will be your own pla...e, right?” Relieved, she saw a watery smile breaking.“Dunno what to say, Lady V. I mean except, yes. And thank you...”oOoAt the school gate Alison was standing with a couple of large bags beside a tall well-built woman. Lady Vernon drew up the car and climbed out. “You must be Miss Brown.”“Lady Vernon.” As they shook hands she was aware of a scrutiny. "You're supposed to put on a quilted shirt first, dummy." Sultry wasn't kidding either.Her first expedition with a mail shirt had been a similar chilling experience. Jack had let her make as many mistakes as it took to learn. Mail and nipple took once.During the seven years of rescues, she made mistakes but she didn't make any twice ... Milo was a lesson learned ... too bad it was more than ten years from mistake to fixing it.The ōdachi scabbard was a thing of beauty, the sheath for the. After delivering the drinks he went over to her. She smiled at him and placed an empty glass on the tray and said, "Another martini, dry please." Yes ma'am," he answered and started to walk away."Did you enjoy the show," she said."Huh?" he answered and turned back to her with a look of surprise on his face."I asked if you enjoyed the show?" Uh... I... uh was just going to the bathroom and I... uh. I'm... sorry," he said with his face red."We'll keep what you saw our little secret, won't we?". Now he just smiled and commented on her attire, she beamed and then told him the Pavlova was ready. "Blanche you have done a fantastic job, far better than I could do", he said.Introductions were done and she was noticed, boy was she noticed. Every man that didn't have a companion hung around her like bees around a honey pot, but they all knew that she had come with Warren, so for the time being she was just admired but the grins and comments he received told him what they were all thinking..