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they chatted a great deal while they were drying the dishes. (I stayed at the table talking with DEI 98). Another thing that surprised us was that before starting to eat they requested permission to remove their shoes. The older girl knelt and with naturalness took off the shoes of their Superior, and then the two of them removed their own footwear. Seated during the supper, they did not speak unless she directed questions to them. The most strained moment came now, for they very discreetly asked permission to retire. Again we begged them to use our bed or at least the sofa-bed, but it was useless. DEI 98 went out on the street. I learned he was heading for a near by hotel where they had set up a kind of temporary official center for themselves. I believe this was with the sole mission of protecting MissYU I. night. I say it was a very unnatural situation because she wouldn't even let my wife give her a blanket. She told us smilingly that she was not know what to do or say. The older girl, who spoke much better Spanish than her superior, asked our permission to "throw something on the floor", telling us not to worry because on the following day there would be nothing there nor would the floor tiles be damaged in any way. She took out what looked like a nickel-plated cylinder and an incredible quantity of yellow foam came out of it and left a big patch on the floor like varnish(lakk). We did not dare even to ask about it. Miss YU I stayed in it and we three went out. The other girl said she would not lie down but would stay all night in the hallway. When we went into our bedroom, we were so nervous and worried that we did not dare to undress. I don't know why, but it occurred to my wife to make me more nervous by saying that maybe the police might come, as if we were committing a crime or doing something bad. We sat on the bed without talking for twenty minutes, then my wife goes and says she wanted to knock in case they needed anything. After-wards she told me about it. The older girl was walking up and down in the hallway with her arms crossed. In a low voice my wife asked if she could bid her good night and ask her if she needed anything. The other said that in fact it would be a courtesy and for her to go in without knocking; my wife had been about to rap on the door but the other one told her obligingly to just go in because she was sure she was not sleeping yet. The two of them went in. Our dining room has a large table and there is a little table in one corner near the balcony. The balcony was 50 Besides that I think there were several of them walking about in the area all