werescaredofthosegirls,saidtheywerespookyasapairofcats.Man,theycouldbarelyspeakawordofEnglishoranylanguageknowntoman.Puttwoandtwotogether.Theywerelivingupinthewoods—rememberthatplaceIfoundOscar?Maybethereareothersupthere.Putyourmindaroundthat.Likeawholelosttribeofwildchildren.Itsatrip,man."

    Elizabethwasstaringatmewhensheaskedhim,"pehem?Wherearethosetwogirls?"

    "tfirmordenyarumor,"hesaid,"andIdidntactuallyseethemwithmyowntwoeyes,butIdonthaveto.DidyouknowtheFBIcameandtookemaway?ToWashington,Ddtheirsecretlabs,sotheycouldstudythem."

    IturoOscar,whostoodslack-jawed,listeningtoJimmy."Areyousureyouwantthisboytendingbarforyou,Oscar?Seemslikehesbeenhittileabittoomuch."

    Jimmycamerightuptomyfadsaidsottovoce,"Knowthetroublewithyou,Henry?Youlackimagination.Buttheyreupthere,man.Youbetterfreakinbelieveit."

    DuringtheflighttoGermany,dreamsofgelingsinterruptedwhatsleepIaheairplane.WhenTessandIlandedindampandovercastFrankfurt,wehadtwodifferentexpectationsforourhoneymoon.Poorthing,shewantedadventure,excitement,andromawoyoungloverstravelingthroughEurope.Bistros,wineandcheese,jauntsonmotorbikes.Iwaslookingfhostandevidenypast,butallIknewcouldbewrittenonacocktailnapkin:GustavUngerland,1859,Eger.

    Immediatelybewilderedbythecity,wefoundasmallroominapensiononMendelssohnstrasse.WeweredazedbythesootyblackelephantoftheHauptbahnhof,disgtrainsbythehour,andbehindittheresurrectedcity,eelandcreteskyscrapersrisingfromt