The difference was that this area caused our compass to run wild. It twisted and turned with no obvious rhyme or reason. The soil was a bright red, ve...y much like a recent coating of iron rust. I wondered if this could be the remnant of a giant iron meteoroid that had struck the Earth in the past few million years. It could not be that asteroid that had struck when Eve and I were driven through time, but it could be a more recent one that had not been nearly as destructive.If this was such a. "Really Jacques, sometimes you are colossally obtuse."The rough Channel crossing caused the girls to suffer acute mal de mer. Exhausted by the experience they fell into a deep sleep on the mail coach from Dover to London. This was just as well as I had much to ponder on during the journey. The first being the thought of Patrick Jane as a husband to Matilde, for although I knew him to be a fine fellow I wondered at his qualities as a husband. I had seen him charm tavern maids, house maids, and. I already knew aboutthat. Everyone was totally freaked about the upcoming New Year, and formany reasons. Some people were convinced it would be the end of theworld, and others thought everything, like all the technology we'd cometo depend on, would come to a crashing halt and things would revert tostone-age-like conditions. That conjured up visions of power failures,planes falling from the skies, and panic in the streets.Of course, as we know now, none of that happened. But a huge amount. This thing is chrome on the outside, a full RV and storage space inside. Two stories of money once it expands. Walking thru the trailer we stop at the VW Kharmann Ghia. "I'm glad it didnt sell. So many of these cars were collected, toiled over and reigned over. This.." she paused, touching it at the door with two fingers and started walking toward the rear running her fingers along it. "We had good times in this one. Good good times" Stressing the last good in way i was unprepared for with.