"Surely someone here has seen Ovidius," he said. "A short Sulmontiniman with a slight build and a large nose. You may have seen him amongthe centumv...ri." He seemed satisfied with the worried murmur thatpassed in the crowd. "Did he not tell you? Yes, one of the judges isamong you. Ah, I see that you begin to understand. How much have youtold Ovidius? Did you admit your name? What crimes has he seen youcommit? Of which can Ovidius personally give evidence to the court?What reason do you. No amount of makeupthat he was wearing could hide the fact there was no doubt that he wasblushing more than ever.The day went really well, the women congregated around the barbequewhile the men prepared the salads, breads, savouries and cakes,insured that the women had a drink and generally looked after them.Jamie looked beautiful in the dress Eve had specially designed for himand Beth seldom left his side. Which was just as well and thegovernment minister, dressed in a pin striped suit,. He was a nice-looking guy, not he-man muscular or anything, but I’m not attracted to that anyway. ‘Well, my fiancee and I were having sex a lot, I guess that figures, right, and, well, frankly, I’m pretty horny.’ ‘That’s something I like to hear, Ryan. It’s a bit funny that here I am with Brian and Ryan, and, especially with what we’re talking about? Any other reasons?’ ‘One other. The woman I first had sex with, well, I was sixteen, she lived next door. Mrs. Hendrick. My students would call. Sophie got dressed and Effie did too, back into their jeans and trainers and tees, then they asked the girls to show them the stairs to the floor above.When they got to the top there was a landing with a door off to either side, but both doors were locked. It was obvious, really.Actually Sophie had been thinking it was crazy that some kind of high-powered off-the-wall research seemed to be going on in this laid-back sleepy institute, that let two teenage girls just park their bikes and get in.