”As I listened, I felt naturally at ease with her and found her enthusiasm in the face of austerity infectious as she spoke on, “Oh Margot, There�...�s so much I want to show you here. It’s an ideal place for our lads to share together this summer. I’m sure you’ll feel the same in a day or so and I have a lovely little room ready for you”Iris would have to be in her mid-thirties like myself yet had that confidence of a woman in control. She was wearing jodhpurs and as we came up to the stable yard. "I suppose you should be here for that discussion as well."Fiona had the benefit of some forewarning; she saw her mother's car in the crowded driveway when she pulled in, and took a noticeably long time to get in the house. Obviously not enough warning, though, and with light rose coloring her cheeks, she came into the kitchen looking like a deer caught in the headlights. "Hi, Mom. It's good to see you again; I didn't expect you'd be dropping by again so soon." So, I'm told," Mrs. Reed returned. It was not really an emergency, but the old Maxine would have thought so."You got anybody running service calls today?" I asked when I finally got a call back. Yes, I had left a polite message earlier."No ma'am but have you turned the water off in the basement?" she asked."Yes I have, I might be a woman but I can find the water shut off valve." I replied."Yes Ma'am I didn't mean that as an insult. It was just a question. We will not be able to get anyone out there till tomorrow. But I will put. The thug dropped. Kay watched, hypnotized, as the dark-haired man slammed into Robert, his greater body weight taking the older man to the floor. The brown-haired man joined him and, after a flurry of punches, the two of them had subdued Robert and tied him up. Mike stood and kicked the gun away. Kay looked up at him. ‘Who? Who are you?’ Kay asked, quietly. ‘Mike Connors,’ he said and helped her up. -23- ‘Is that all, Captain Knox?’ Jim asked. The blonde-haired cop looked at him, then at the.