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229it to him. His grandfather, I believe. It%u2019s meant to be haunted, Albert tells me, by a mischievous poltergeist. I stayed here one night, but nothing happened. And before you ask... it was before Albert and I became intimate. That only happened for the first time the other night.%u201d%u201cYou enjoyed it though, didn%u2019t you?%u201d Rachel asked.%u201cYou bet. I had very little sex before. All work and no play.%u201d She told them with a beautiful warm smile. %u201cI hope to make up for it in spades tonight. Chat, and sandwiches first. Albert made plates and plates of them so we won%u2019t be hungry, and he brought in a stack of wine and spirits and I do believe Sister Nancy is bringing exquisite wine and chocolates she makes to sell at the Convent in small quantities.%u201d%u201cThe snow is forming quite deeply outside,%u201d Stephanie said, after walking over to the window. %u201cTwo cars are pulling up outside.%u201d%u201cI think Albert saw them in the distance. He%u2019s by the front door ready to welcome them.%u201d Barbara told them.%u201cDo you know much about them?%u201d Rachel asked her.%u201cNo. Only the Dean, really. He made a pass at me once, which I rejected, and we grew a warm friendship instead. I%u2019ll have sex with him tonight though.%u201d Barbara replied. The door opened and Albert stood in the doorway. %u201cThey%u2019re just hanging their coats up. I've turned the central heating on to warm the house up more.%u201dStephanie returned to sit on the sofa beside Rachel. %u201cOne of the women is very old. They brought her in sitting in a wheelchair. I think she%u2019s in her eighties, nearly ninety, I believe, but she still has a lovely face.%u201d Albert said.Barbara looked at the two young women and said, %u201cHow odd.%u201dAlbert stepped inside as a middle-aged man and a beautiful young The Search For Consciousness