She called out to him, softly, hesitantly. At first he only stirred, so she called a little louder.He started, nearly jumping out of the chair. "What?... I think it's almost time." She lifted her eyes to the brightening sky.He checked his watch, nodded and untied her. "How did you sleep?" Better than I have since this started, thanks to you." She took a dose of antibiotics and helped him pack what little they had out. She checked her pistol, making sure she had a round in the chamber and a full. The next argument was about who could have which woman. Abdur had already decided to sell, so he was not so concerned as the others about which woman he would have.'Nagib has a point about the glut, so none of this lot would fetch much, ' he thought gloomily, 'Might as well let the others have their pick.'Jalal had captured the two underfed young slatterns and argued strongly that he should be allowed to keep both of them. Since this solved the problem of the extra woman, it was agreed provided. Penny, at twenty five and her mother, Judy, at forty three years of age looked almost identical. Of course, if you looked closely enough Judy had a few lines on her face and if you caught her between salon sessions you might see a gray hair or two, but the resemblance was uncanny.If you looked deeper the tables turned though, because Judy ran every day and her muscle tone was actually better than her sedentary daughter's and she was a few pounds trimmer as well. Both women were on the taller. She loved the shower.Dressed and refreshed she headed downstairs. She was pondering why the village was now accessible. She decided a ride after lunch was in order. Markus agreed to take her up to the funny tower, and they packed some sandwiches, several bottles of water and a flask of tea.It was a lovely afternoon for a ride. The sure-footed lankys didn’t have to work too hard to get up the path to the tower. They had been up on the hill for about an hour looking at the tower when they heard.