Smith,? Sam responds, ?it was a pleasure to serve Cathy tonight. I only regret that she is not with us any longer.??Yes, Sam, it is a shame when girls...die so young, having tasted so little of life.??We tried to give everyone of taste of what she was like,? Sam answered. ?I am sorry that her best friend, Elena, was taken ill at the table.??Too much wine and grief for her constitution, I imagine,? Mrs. Smith speculated, ?but I am glad that your assistant, Frederick, is tending her.??Once it’s. She walked around examining me, before moving over to sit on the edge ofa desk."To draw the female form properly, you need to understand what it is tobe and what it is to look like a female, do you understand? She asked."Yes Obie," I replied, not entirely understanding at all."From this moment forth you will address me as Miss Obie. Do youunderstand that?"Yes Miss Obie."She began to lecture."I am serious about my belief in how to make you better, to make you moreunderstanding and a better. "We need youth and new ideas to keep us moving along. You are most welcome to stay and join us."They took their seats and slowly the rest of the ladies did the same. There seemed to be about eight or nine ladies. Kris thought she recognised some faces but did not know their names. She only knew Martha and her mother, Diane. All the others were strangers to her. Coffee was served by several young men in white shirts, two of whom were twins, identical twins, the other two were Mr. Albert Palmer. As far as I'd searched so far I hadn't come across another way down from the upper plateau. Surely there were other ways, but I hadn't found them yet. That meant I was parked next to the stairway to heaven, or to plateau anyway.Since I hadn't seen any traffic or even any signs of traffic up or down I wondered if the nearby people Rosco had mentioned all lived down in the river's valley, one level lower. I felt certain no one lived up on the plateau. Of course, I could be wrong.As Red and I.