Ft. all on one level and nobasement that shouldn’t surprise anyone. The area wasquiet and pleasant enough and there were no neighborsto speak of...at this time of year. All in all a good place to be if you wanted to bealone. Dave went through the key chain that looked likesomething a jailer might carry slipping in the key andopening the front door holding the aluminum storm openwith his foot. He closed the door and heard thealuminum storm spring shut. He hated an empty cottage.No television. Then her phone buzzed. It was him. 'Hi, it's Matt. Just got a missed call from you.' 'It's Leni.' When he didn't say anything she added, 'We've met at the petrol station this morning.' 'I remember.' She could see him smiling at the other end of the line. 'Listen, you said to call you, if I need help with anything. Well, one of my bedrooms needs to be painted and I'm really, really bad at diy.' she lied. She was quite capable of doing projects like that. She already painted all her bedrooms. Daniels seems to be terrified, and this General Pendril keeps saying the right things, both encouraging and terrifying him about imagined revolts."General Clarence Pendril is only a one-star General stationed at the Pentagon. He apparently has never had any combat experience, and there's virtually no public history on him, as it appears he's from one of these secret agencies in the Pentagon. Thus he's pretty paranoid himself and is distrustful of the public, of Congress, and of any oversight. Just look at those. It looks like I'm shrinking! They're pitiful. I'm going to have to get a really nice, lifelike appliance for poor Marge, one of those neat jelly ones."Marge's reaction:'I believe bringing Wendy up to my level may have started out a bit perverse but I can see she is rounding out into her own person. Poor Wendall. It's a good thing we own that citrus grove and lease two others. Nobody's going to give him any crap or he can just fire them. The juice plant buys everything.