Each time Ellie could hear nothing but she had to guess which one it was. At first she got it wrong lots of times. She got frustrated, but the maid ju...t laughed at her. ‘Are you giving up already? I knew you would lose this game.’ This spurred Ellie on with greater resolution to prove her wrong. She stopped trying to hear the sound and started trying to feel it. It didn’t make any sense, but when she concentrated on how her body felt like responding she got it right more often. It was uncanny. Make me proud, but remember, she must be fully alert by sunrise." You're a champ, Boss," replied Ratso."I know, but now I have to leave.I will be back.If you are interested in the sunrise service, you are invited to be here. You can see what all your hard work is going to produce."Hobo looked at his money man and quickly said, "Thank you, sir.It will be an honor to be a part of your service."The man looked at Hobo in a questioning way. This man was different.He was not the useless scum the. C Frenchie became what everyone thought her be all along – A Vietnamese Communist sympathizer.It was no more an unusual circumstance than to be expected in the storm of confusion that was Indochina in the 1960s.Ice was Frenchie's livelihood.The Americans never asked where it came from. They only knew she was dependable. The fact that she never tried to cheat them impressed them the most. Honesty was a virtue difficult to find in the helter skelter chaos of war torn Vietnam.Of course, you could. There should be...”Brenda interrupted her, “Don’t worry dear, I know where everything is. Sit down and let Ashley and I take care of you two.”I asked Brenda, “Same for me please, thank you.” Turning to Ashley, I asked, “I’m assuming you have everything under control.”Ashley nodded while saying, “Yes.”“Great, then thank you both for this, we both needed something normal, and this is pretty close to it.”Kristen and I sat while Ashley helped serve us. We relaxed and enjoyed the slow leisurely.