Most of what she had brought with her was stacked on the floor at the foot of the bed. She looked over the pile, glad that she had decided to keep stuff to a minimum. There were two suitcases, 4 banker's boxes with miscellaneous personal effects, plus the box Big Bill had loaded, her guitar, two fiddles, a mandolin, and the flute.   She reached for a suitcase, tossed it on the bed and lifted the lid.

Abiram sat up on the stack of pillows at the head of the bed. From there he had a good view from which to supervise the proceedings. Sharon made short work of the suitcases, quickly finding places in the drawers and the large closet for her clothes. She decided the linens could be stored in a suitcase as well as anywhere, so put them back, zipped up the lids, and shoved both bags under the bed.   She placed the 4 banker's boxes on the bed and removed the lids to inspect their contents. One box was filled with nothing but file folders of papers and essential records. She put the lid back on and stowed that box under the bed with the suitcases. The next 2 boxes held toiletries and general "stuff." She set those boxes aside to deal with later.

She removed the top layer of crumpled newspaper that concealed the contents of the 4th box. "OK, Abiram, how do we want to arrange the Rogue's Gallery?" One-by-one, she lifted the small assortment of framed pictures from the box.