<div class="floatleft">(http://i63.tinypic.com/2eqf9j4.jpg) <br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Peter Warcaof</span></strong> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">CGDA Benefactor</span></strong><br/>‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾</div></div></div>Drat!  It’s what I’ve been trying to avoid.  Perhaps, perhaps my suspicions and Jaclyn’s inspired insight are without merit.  That is my strong wish—it’s not du Monde.  Unreasonable?  Can wishes be unreasonable?<br/><br/>So du Monde has had her way in the past with Jaclyn (this I surmise, piecing episodes together) and she has had no love for me (putting it mildly—Drat again!  The trifling with her diamond was a bit of magic sleight of hand, amusing, clever and I did return the thing!)  There is much to suggest du Monde.<br/><br/>But perhaps the meeting with my dear brother will put things to rest.  His view, vetoing ours, mocking our leaping to conclusions, seeing ghosts in shadows.  For now though,<strong>“I will say <em>maybe</em> Jaclyn.  I won’t say you are wrong, but evidence.  Let’s treat it as an hypothesis, among others.  Nothing to do for now is there?  My brother might even input on this. . . . and I hope proving that idea wrong.”</strong><br/><br/>And frankly, I dearly hope there is no further proof.  No further incidents.  But we shall see.<br/><br/>I shrug with a<em>que sera sera</em>and frown for a moment.<strong>“It cannot hurt to discuss what it might mean and what to do to prevent other issues.  Later when it’s proven wrong, we can put this down as mental exercise.”</strong><em>Hee-hee!</em><br/>