“It seems though I rather over indulged with my camera, that's eight shots - I think - I owe You now. Would you keep them in lieu of the next time I...no doubt see You, or would You give them now? The cane is on my seat if You want me to assume the position...”She remained still; letting all his essence run down Her face into Her mouth and then She greedily swallowed it.“Well sir I may as well get it over with, but is there anything else I could do to cut the hits down?”“No You misunderstand. I. The separation was painful for few minutes and I wondered if I was going to break down and cry, before I convinced myself to buck up and soldier on. Rather than dwell on it to the point of depression I swept Millie into my arms, and carried her to the dance floor, where we rocked out to, "Elvira." When the music ended, Millie gave me one of her effervescent smiles and scampered off to dance one more time with Jim.At an appropriate time we quietly slipped away to the hacienda, where I had hired. The ranch was especially affected with the near proximity of some high-end ski resorts along with the rich and famous who built equally expensive vacation residences. Our ranch had pretty well locked in any future expansion by the ski resorts and exclusive residential sites and no development was allowed on Federal land.My dad had become a veterinarian in part to offset the impact of ever increasing taxes and dramatically increasing land values. He specialized in large as well as small animals. The wind was maybe force two or three, so I didn’t insist on harness and line.It was a long day. We sailed through sunrise and sunset and brought to in Mersea Quarters at about half past five. We anchored to eat and sleep, and would make our way up-river the next afternoon. After a day of sandwiches – we did manage hot coffee, tea, and chocolate fairly regularly – it was good to have a hot meal and open up the fire to get warm. Clara was pensive, and wanted some quiet music as we unwound after.