We sat on a little hill about a quarter mile away and watched the house. I saw Mom come out and do something. My little brother left the house with hi... rifle. My sister began hanging out clothes. I finally saw my father as he brought the two mules from the barn. We didn’t see anyone else so we walked our horses to the house. My dad saw us, grabbed his rifle, and stood waiting for us.I pulled my warm hat off so he could see my face. The man smiled and told me to put the animals in the barn real. Marcia. Good morning.”Lucas had a serious air. “We had an incident last night. We didn’t want to disturb you, and so we waited until this morning.”“Explain, please.”“Marshall was taking the limousine from the garage last night about ten o’clock to have it run through our normal car wash. About a block from here he was stopped by a red light. Just as the light changed the car windshield was pelted with three raw eggs. The driver saw just enough of the vandal to identify him as our mystery man. Finally, we got a deal that we could both agree on which meant that he robbed me only one fourth of the amount he would have from the western tourists. But since he had noticed that he would be much more likely to be stopped and searched while driving Westerners he accepted my offer.The increased activity on the streets wasn’t unnoticed by the ladies. When we returned to our hotel room in order to spend the evening there, we were able to relax at least a bit. We stayed inside our room during. Tamar, on the other hand, had run a superb tactical race, letting me burn up the track, keeping within striking range, but settling into an easy rhythmic lope and husbanding her strength. She had enough left that during the final fifty metres she overhauled me and then went past, and I had nothing remaining with which to respond. I just managed to hold off the slightly-too-late challenge of the woman in third place – the rest of the field were well back – but Tamar crossed the line about four.