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“Hey”—Mitch held up his hands in surrender—“you’re preaching to the choir”

“You’ve got a visitor,” the guy on the door called through

“Who is it?” Josh shouted back

“Archie McPherson”

“Archie?” Caroline shouted “Archie, I’ held prisoner I need help”

Josh ignored her as he sauntered to the front door Archie was shutting it behind hilance in the direction of the stairs

“I came to check on the lass,” he said

“Archie, get up here and set me free Josh has me handcuffed to the bed”

Archie grinned at Josh “You’re a kinky son of a monkey, aren’t you?”

Josh grinned back

“This has nothing to do with sex,” Caroline shouted “He’s trying to inflict his will on me He won’t let me have a mind of my own He’s locked me up because I won’t do what I’ed about “Archie McPherson, get up here right now and setwith Josh once I get out of these things”

Archie’s eyebrows rose so far up his forehead they disappeared under his grey cap “She’s furious” He estruck

“Spitting reed

The old man leaned in towards Josh and lowered his voice “She never loses her teets all icy and freezes your balls off with so she says” He removed his cap and scratched his head “I’ve known her since she was a wee girl, and I’ve never seen her angry”

“Welcome to my world—in it she’s mad all the time”