The true cause, I apprehend, lies in its climate, in its seldom experiencing other than partial rains, and in its being subject to severe and long con...inued droughts. Its streams descend rapidly into a country of uniform equality of surface, and into a region of intense heat, and are subject, even at a great distance from their sources, to sudden and terrific floods, which subside, as the cause which gave rise to them ceases to operate; the consequence is, that their springs become gradually. I sat down and resigned myself towhatever fate that Tracy had in mind.It was well after midnight before the door opened and Tracy enter theroom followed by two other women I didn't recognize. Before I knew it,the two women were on me. I was quickly stripped, gagged andhandcuffed. They forced me down on the bed where I was quickly secured.They began apply wax to my legs and body. Oh the pain I felt as thestrips were ripped. Before I knew it, all of the hair from my body wasremoved. One of. “Hush, I’m not done. You used to quote something from one of those Star Trek movies. The needs of someone...”“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.”Suzi asked with confusion, “Didn’t it go the other way too?”“Yes, but ... What’s your point, Suz?”“My point is you chose Timmy over me because he needed you to. His needs outweighed mine. That’s why I never really got all that upset over it. It wasn’t a matter of who you loved more, but who needed you more.”“So how does. 'BUUUURRRRPPP!' and daintily patted her lips with her hankie."Lou ... magnificent ... you still got it. Hey ... Antonio ... you Lou's kid?" Yes, Mrs. Austin." Who's your ma?" Thelma, Mrs. Austin," Tony said it proudly."Thelma? Lou ... you married Thelma Whitaker? You finally made an honest woman outta Thel?"Grannie was in full spate. The stories she told ... never in my wildest dreams did I think to see old Italian mobsters blush ... but Grans did it. They call it the roaring Twenties ... in.