what,with the news traveling so slowly. the girl came back in then and climbed upto them. she crouched next to him and started to slowly pour water over his body from the bucket she had beerl carrying. dillquist sighed and looked at her. thank you she smilled,still pouring water dillquistfelt the warmth of her body next to him smelled her fresh sweat through the moist linene gown. it wasnt an unpleasant smell, not at all like the stale old sweat of an army tent at night but a sweet, almost promising scent. like the smell of a girl when you have sex wid her, dillquist thought. he was suddenly aware that his thoughts were showing under the thin cloth that covered his groin. he turned back to winther abruptly.

so dont worry about dbeln, he continued. instead , we should be thinking about what are friend gray is worrying about. ah, winther said. gray is just a scared old man. no. 1 think he has a piont. you cant just start revolution. you need to have a plan as for who is to be in charge afterwards. do you want me to fetch another bucket? the girl asked, smiling. general dbeln did indeed have other things to worry about. he was of course, aware there were plans for a coup dtat in the capital. however, he was confident that there wouldnt come anything of it in the end. after all there had been rumors for months, but nothing had happened. also, the police were aware of the problem and would certainly keep their eyes open. so dbeln concentrated on detending the land islands. there had already, been skirmishes with russian cavalry, cossacks, who had been probing the swedish defenses. and it was march now, the ice would not be sfe for more than another month at most and surely not even the russians would advance over so late that they couldnt be sure they could ever get back. they were confident of winning this war, and dbeln had to admit that they would, lest there was any chance of a diplomatic solution. a solution which certainly would entail the loss of finland and probably even of the land islands. still, he would make his stand as he was ordered to do however, dblen wasnt the only general in the swedish army. and others werent as loyal to the king as he was. one of them was adlersparre, and on march 6th his army occupied the city of karlstad deep in the forests to the west. from there, he would march towards the capital, in order to overthrow the king by force, thus bringin sweden to the brink of civil war. commander kuhlin was having coffee with his wife when there was a knock at the door. the maid put down her tray and went to answer it. when she reappeared with the visitor in tow, kuhlin rose with a brdad smile. bosun tapper! pray come in. how are you doing? well, just fine sir. thank you, sir. tapper, who had been bosun on kuhlins boat during the last summers campaign, was placed at the table and served a steaming cup of coffee. you want something strong in that? kuhlin asked. tapper nodded grinning. kuhlin poured a reasonable amount of vodka into yhe coffee you like it as they say in the north, dont you? enough coffee to make the bottom of the cup disappear, and therf as much vodka as it takes to be able to see it again? ave. tapper lifted the cup and took a sip then he sighed. kuhlin watched him. is everything alright, tapper? the bosun looked down into coffee for a while then he coughed and started to speak. well sir, to be frank i dont know . you see, ive been seeing this girl lately... charlotte kuhlin widened her eyes. oh! so good for you. she smiled at him. the bosun actually blushed under his beard. eh... well, madam... go on, tapper, commander kuhlin encouraged. well sir do you see, she works at this bathing house...and... kuhlin laughed. you got yourself a sauna girl?