"Oh god I loooooove his coat" ... they whispered excitedly, blushingly looking at him without trying to be obvious. Claudia was beyond such childishne...s. She took a long drink of a look at him ... well, he certainly was "dark" enough for this place. His long raven-black hair hung well down his back, his long black coat flowed like a cape, he stood very tall, slim and ethereal in the nether world lighting of the place. She couldn't get a look at his eyes, damn those trendy round purple shades.. "It was even in the Record-Herald. But, you read that notice, and it really doesn't say a thing. There's not a thing in there that says that the snake is living in the sewer system, that the sewer system is part of their critical interest area, what the ramifications of a critical interest area are, or that they were in such a yank." Sounds like the damn government," Milliman said."Then, this notice we got the other day about the critical interest area, that didn't even say that much, just that. The Duke passed a number of other statues as he ambled slowly through the garden largely lost in thought. That is until he came to a statue that raised mixed emotions in him. Hidden behind a large plant was a statue of his mother-in-law. Mixed emotions for a number of reasons. The statue was the lady herself to the life, and might have been sculpted by a master craftsman. Her features were accurately modelled, the drapery of the dress finely modelled, her bosom almost appeared to be heaving,. I drove around for a while then did something I hadn't done in thirty years. I stopped at a bar. It wasn't very crowded. After a couple of drinks I got to talking to the guy next to me. I don't know how it came up in the conversation but I told him about what my wife had done to me. He sat back and looked at me closely. He said he couldn't see any problem. A woman two stools down came over and joined in the conversation. She said that I should be thankful I had such a caring wife. After.