"Pyx looked at me with pleading eyes. "And we've been doing better on the ladder, haven't we, Master?"I laughed. "Girls, you've gotten so good, it's g...tten hard for me to make you mess up. I'm going to change things up, to keep it a challenge."That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about appearances. You look so different, physically, no one would ever guess you were a team. When you are out, in your matching outfits, you look the part. But you are usually naked, and your clothes don't. "I hope you will not be offended and I hope that what I am aboutto say is not some huge misunderstanding from Peter," she wenton.I glanced around and saw Mary holding a drink and looking bothflustered and pink in the face. I decided I would stay out ofthe conversation so sat on a bar stool and sipped my drink.Mary went on, "Today when you and your husband were at the club,Peter said in the changing rooms - Oh no I can't say this" Please go on," Sally Anne pleaded."In the changing rooms Peter. The extra time brought on because the target had been sent to visit an old enemy on short notice with no public announcement. Our true opponent must be very high up as that is some trick requiring unique influence and responsibility.The imbedded spies don't know me so they think I am not being secure within the group. The management house changed base house twice a week and previous houses have been raided three times by ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) and the AFP. Blond curls appeared over the coaming of the nearest hatchway, instantly whipped around in the wind. Harriet was astonished that Lucy had not come up earlier. Her husband Dr. Wilkes, or rather, Mr. Wilkes, as the members of the Royal College of Surgeons styled themselves, the ship’s surgeon, was standing with the other wardroom members on the lee side of the quarter deck. The ship was lively in the choppy waves of the Channel, but one look at Lucy assured Harriet that her friend was.