Thomas leered at Pam in an alcoholic haze her painted face made her look like a harlot even more exciting his desire and passion. Thomas nodded and sh... took of her stockings one leg at a time followed by her thong and then she was standing nude before him. She had never been naked before a man in her life and she saw the power that she had to control men with her beauty. She wanted to give herself to him but she knew it would be a sin. Shame washed over her terrified she stooped down, picked up. As we waited I gave him a step by step description of my encounter with Chuck MacFarland. As I reached the part about our making dinner together, the waitress brought us our food, and I stopped talking. After she had finished bringing us our order and left, I continued. I told him about reviewing the old contracts, and about how Wilson & Wilson had short-changed one of their prized authors. I told him that when MacFarland learned, he grew red with rage and signed with us on the spot. Then I. First to England and then the interminable voyages to the Americas. Gods ... such boredom!Savonlinna to just east of Lappeenranta was accomplished mostly by beating against the westerly wind. Eventually, we switched on and motored. We discovered the power of the engine to be deficient.We went on to the east side of Lappeenranta and by river and Finnish and Russian canals to Vyborg.We had an English speaking Russian river pilot with us from the Sumoi/Russian border to Vysotsk. And we very glad. The cow town was one with a reputation for chewing up drunken whores and crippling crooked gamblers and that didn’t bother me none at all unless it involved Kate and me in a way that I couldn’t ignore. The sheriff was a real prick with no sense of right and wrong and I knew he couldn’t be counted on for doing the right thing. He was sheriff only because he had figured out a way to skim money off all the illegal operations in the place including the gambling, the whoring, and the claim jumping.