61At morning's light, the three of us found we had been laying out all night on a thick padding of multiple blankets, with several pulled over us. Amazingly, there was no hangover. I was more refreshed than I had been in months. My bruises were gone, along with all my scratches from climbing.
Doreen sat up and looked perfectly radiant, more beautiful than ever. And the morning sun made her hair shine as if she had a halo. Alphonse, on my other side, sleepily rolled over to one elbow and took the sight of both of us in.
There as no other evidence of the party we had experienced last night. Everything was as clean as we had first seen it. Goats browsed just outside the walls, being carefully watched by their herders, presumably so we wouldn't be disturbed.
"Now this is exactly why I love
