.Sir Joshua had obtained dirtside facilities in the northern hemisphere in Scotchlan at Montrose, would you believe; there were a few smirks around th... table at that information.Bollard was keeping well in the black and was establishing routes off to the new Mountserrat territories well away from the war zones.The subsequent intelligence briefing was less heartening, but not grim. The Chancon fleet was exercising and was momentarlly expected to translate into hyper. Otherwise the situation was. . I mean," he stammered nervously.I reached out and touched his hand with mine, making sure nobody waswatching. "Just ask me for a date Tony and I will say yes." Um.. er. Will you come on a date with me?" he said timidly, lookingaround to check nobody was watching."I would love to Tony. Where are you going to take me." Um.. Piccadilli? Tomorrow evening? A restaurant there - maybe Reggi'sItalian - and then to the club near Embankment?."I knew the club - it was a gay club so he knew we could feel. One of the middle-aged women was asked a question in the first round that required a particular city as an answer and she gave a country! Silly cunt! And that was in the easiest round!The other one did survive to the 3rd round but did not seem to understand the banking part of the game and let a large sum of money slip away and so was voted out too. Now we had 4 men against 2 women. But the old woman was smart and the young one tried hard. In fact the old woman was too smart and the men. Do you think Kristiana has realized I'm staying?"He shook his head. "No. It will be a shock to her. But trust this, Richard. It will be a good and welcome shock."I smiled. It was exactly the response I was hoping for.I had separated my things into what could go into my old room with Karl, and the things we could take to the storage area in the rental building. We dealt with the storage items first before bringing the three bags into the hotel."I'm nervous, Jan. This is a big risk, surprising.