“Another way we are the same.”“Are we ready to bathe?”“I think so.”Ethral turned from him and went to the water's edge. There was no gradu...l incline, and so she jumped in, disappearing under the surface. The water was wonderfully clear, and he could see her swimming about, coming up for air at the center of the pool. Her hair was wet and stuck to her neck and face as the gestured for him to join her.Gareth leaped in with a splash and swam over to where she waded, leisurely pumping her arms and. He was encouraged, and hisheels seemed to mince all the more willingly beside Miss Presswell...until they turned along a corridor that he hadn't seen before and came toan imposing door with a plate above it saying: "The Creaming Chamber".Miss Presswell opened, led him in, and closed the door with her key. Hebreathed a cloud of perfume, almost like incense, and was lost in thedarkness of floor long drapes. He was led forward, into the open, andcame to a settee where a man and a girl stood up to. Not even your own mother.”“I understand.”“Son,” as Tariq gripped Khozem’s thigh,” in a period of two years you will take over my position. You will have full authority over all religious and organizational operations.”“I don’t understand,” said Khozem.“I don’t expect you to understand. It will take a few days, perhaps a few weeks for this to settle in. But I will give full power to you within the period of two years, maybe sooner.”“But why? There is so much more I need to learn.”“After you left. "I would never wear baggy trunks."I smiled when I saw two familiar figures stepping over the sand dune."Don't look now but here come those two crazy girls that put the curseon us." Yeah, I see," he said. "Well let's try to be nice to them. We were alittle rough on them yesterday." All we did was tell them the truth," I said."I know but girls can't handle the truth like us guys can."The two girls smiled when they saw us."Well if it isn't the two obnoxious boys that we met yesterday," thefirst.