Our eight new friends had surrounded the couch and they watched as this scene unfolded. It was as clear to them as it was to us that they had witnessed an act of love, not lust, and when it was finished they broke into a round of spontaneous, but gentle and respectful, applause.
We stayed the night and, of course, there were plenty more shenanigans but our message had not been lost on them and theirs had not been lost on us. The peoples of this world can live in harmony despite their different colours, creeds and traditions as long as the common culture of mutual respect is adhered to and as long as tolerance is retained and maintained.
Epilogue
This is how our adventures ended but it was not the last time I saw Sappho.
That was in a photograph taken, and sent to me, by her husband who
