He wore a light gray, 'retro' tweed coat with black patches on the elbows, off white shirt with fashionable black tie, and dark black pants that were ...ust a little bit too snug. His curly mop of dark brown hair was just beginning to gray, though his beard and mustache were more gray than brown."You know me, Sarge," the young woman said lightly. She sighed inwardly; she was a six year veteran but she'd just made detective; of course she would be the rookie again. "Already had my bagel with my. I looked around. She did too. Still we were quiet saying nothing at all to each other. As we looked at all the others at the party they were talking and laughing and most likely having fun as they got drunker and drunker I suppose. I said something and she replied but our conversation went dead after I said it. I wanted to carry on the conversation with her but she didn’t seem to have anything whatsoever to say. Not a word was spoken. Nothing was said. We just sat there, quietly, and not saying. Shobha was sleeping inside blanket. Since it was too cold, I could not remain without blanket for long time, and soon entered her blanket. Now I was inside blanket with Shobha, very close to her. Still I was feeling cold. She was sleeping on left side of her body, and I was on her right side. So her back was facing me. I moved closer to her, turned on my left side and hugged her from behind.She was in deep sleep, so didn't realize anything. I got some warmth of her body, so was feeling good. We. The armed car caught up with the heavy hauler. There wasn't much to say since they were keeping in touch over the radio. Of course, the radio operator back at Cavopolis was monitoring the banter so that she could call Jeff in case of trouble; she would keep listening as long as the expedition was within range, which they hoped would be for the duration of the trip. The limitation would be the whip antennas on the mobile rigs, but there was nothing anybody could do about that.Becky had them.