Finally, her luck had changed. Peering down on the herd through her twelve hundred millimeter lens, Danielle rested her cheek on the gun stock and pr...ssed it firmly against her shoulder. Through the viewfinder she followed a large 12 point buck and watched as it passed by a group of does. It paused momentarily to look at the females and then continued to walk away. Holding a steady beam on the large buck, Daniel took a deep breath and slowly squeezed the trigger. A satisfied smile curled. "The boy looked enormously relieved. "Whew!" he gasped, "Oh, thankgoodness! I was afraid it was brand new!"And in a flash he was out the door.He was back about twenty minutes later, flushed and excited athaving completed his first errand."The ?ousekeeper answered the door, guv... I mean, Mr. ?Iggins! Andshe wants me to give ?er the letter. But I says, ?Not a chance!Mister ?Iggins told me to put this letter into Miss Deverel's ?andspersonal, like!'" Good for you, my boy," said Pickering, "Oh,. . or would admit they did. So, ultimately, she'd had to leave the school grounds with the dog, promising herself that tomorrow she would call the animal pound and track the owner through the license tag that was attached to its leather collar.So the dog rode beside her, behaving as unconcerned as if it was her own pet and was used to the trip. And so, she grimly told herself, there would be no shrimp creole tonight, but hamburger. Lots of hamburger, because, by the size of the brute, he could. "Grandfather?" I heard one of the girls ask; even to this day, I am not at all certain which of the sisters had spoken."How... ?" Funaho asked quietly, trying to find the words. At that moment sounding very young herself."How did he die?" She succeeded on her second attempt."Ah, Most unfortunate!" Another male voice suddenly spoke invisible from Ena's limited view.Probably one of the warriors who'd accompanied the process server."Old man, heavy armor, fast ox-cart!" the unseen speaker.