I really itched the next morning, but I rubbed some horse lineament on the bites, and they quit itching.My next encounter with road agents was a bit m...re exciting. I rode around a curve in the road and saw a disgusting sight. Four men were standing near a stopped wagon. There was a man slumped in the driver's seat, and two women were surrounded by the men. As I drew closer, one of the men grabbed a woman's dress at the neckline and jerked down, ripping the dress right off of her. Of course, she. My life was about to change forever. My brother opened up bare-chested, with a pair of shorts on. I told him I didn’t want to sleep alone, and after I persisted, he let me sleep with him in his bed. He was appropriate. He put on a shirt and put a pillow and a few shirts in between us on the bed. I fell into a deep sleep that first night. When I awoke the next morning, my brother was tapping me on the shoulder, telling me I should leave. I didn’t want to; I was tired and also didn’t want to be. Your houses are your houses. We’re comfortable with that, and we’ll say no more on the subject ... Probably.”Sandy replied, “Thank you, Nira, Inez. We are happy that you are comfortable with our care of your daughters. I know that both of you will shortly be spending extensive time out of town and will be, essentially, homeless in that time. Please consider our houses your houses. Either or both of you are welcome at any time in either of our houses. Because of the large handful of new. .. Wendy stood behind a massive Walnut desk.Wendy was in the 'shelves' of an ancient library. Not books ... scrolls.Wound on Walnut Rollers and stored in elaborate wood cases with glass covers, the wisdom of the sages was stored in this huge room.There was no dust...'come to think of it, there was no dust in the metal vent, ' she thought. 'There should be dust everywhere.'There were sections of scrolls written in Latin, Greek, Aramaic, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Norse Runes, Gallic, Russian, Japanese,.