. personnel we need ... personnel," he continued, running his eyes over the four Mistresses, "we want." And love," Margo said. "And trust, and cherish..." We considered several Houses in our alliance," Kelly said. "Sandalwood is the only one we can agree on. In fact, in the end, it was the only one we really felt right about." You want us to give up the name you just restored to us," Kathleen said."Not necessarily," Kelly replied. "We got no issue with hyphenated names." She bulled her way on. The bedroom was clearly that of a teenage or college age girl,with posters on men with their shirts off on the wall, jewelry boxes allover the dressers, an a hot pink bed spread beneath me."Seriously, man," I protested, as he let me go for a moment, while hestarting digging in one of the dressers. "Just let me go and I won't beany trouble. I swear."Quickly my captor finished digging in the dresser and came back to thebed where I sat tensed on all fours. "Here," he shouted, "put this on -and. We can carry spares."Tuck nodded.A while later they set up a mortar tube and Tuck handed Gamelin an old tunic top from his pack. "Go up to that hill, find a pole and hang the shirt from it. Stuff it with grass, then come back."Gamelin and Vosper swung onto their horses and galloped off. As they did, Tanda, Tazi and Hestius returned."Well, anything to report?" Tuck asked Tanda."Nothing, not even dust," Tanda told him. "We went all the way to the edge of the Barrier and looked out. We could see. Remember these clothes are for when you are escorting business men. They will be paying for the honour of having you on their arm, so that will pay back the outlay over time. I am confident we will do well, so the money is my investment in you. Preacher will never know anything about it.” “Ok but I am anxious.” “Babe you keep me sweet and I will be in no rush to get the money back quickly. So far you have been doing really well. I was very pleased how you looked after me on the way to the.