The cool drink of water made the doorway glow with warmth, in sharp contrast to the dark shadow Dundee had cast when he filled it. She smiled a brilliant smile and looked over her shoulder at the escapades of the Mounty and the roaring giant outside. Her long red hair swung gracefully over pearl-like ears, and her blue eyes sparkled with humor.

"Hi, youall!!", she said brightly. "I escaped!!" She moved her long and shapely bluejeaned legs into the room and the rest of her flowed in after. She opened up a violin case, took out a fiddle, and pushed the case under a chair with a suede-capped toe. Her bright red blouse and her solar smile twinkled in the afternoon light, and she began warming up on Soldier's Joy.

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