This started out as a very short story but like Topsy it just growed. And it changed too. But that often happens to me, or my characters who are an unruly lot and generally want to do their own thing and to hell with the author. Actually it could have gone on, but I don't think any more would have helped. It's a bit like soaps on television, they start off with a believable story line and gradually become more and more hysterical in an attempt to keep going. And we don't want that do we? End on a high note and get the hell out of it.