When they’d eaten we repaired to the lounge with a beer apiece. We sipped, appreciatively.“Sergeant Basset, Sergeant Watson,” Jonny began, “I�...�m sorry, but the Brigadier wants you back at base tomorrow.”“Yes, sir,” they chorused, before Snoopy continued, “I suppose someone could get us to the station in Windermere in the morning?”I interrupted. “Why don’t you take the Lotus? I dare say you, or someone, could get it back to us in a week or so.”“Really?” Goat seemed quite excited at the idea.. “Okay, okay” He put more wood chips on the fire, making it flare up. One thing about being a carpenter, the house always had fuel for the fire.“It was a cold winter I remember. Not the coldest, but one of them. The Bast -” he caught his wife’s warning eye, it didn’t do to be too open in criticism, that could result in one-way re-education with a gladiator “The Romans had called for a census in the coldest time of the year and every family had to return to their birth town, mine was. Later I thought about the massage, did she want me to make a move? I was longing to plant kisses all over her body. She definitely seemed turned on, but she was probably thinking about someone else. I figured I would have been in line for a slap had I done anything.In the evening we ordered a Chinese takeaway, watched a naff film and drank a few beers. As bedtime approached I started making jokey comments about the uncomfortable floor, another restless night. We both knew what I was angling at.. ”This embarrassed me and I apologized to her. She got up and came to sit beside me. She smiled lovingly and pulled me to her. My head was resting on her ample bosom. For a moment I forgot the world around me and felt like a child once again. I hugged her and snuggled in.She drew me tighter into herself. She comforted me with soothing words which I couldn’t make out. She thought I am feeling guilty for avoiding her in my teen days, but I had an entirely different reason to snuggle in. I felt.