"Left at the corner and then right at the lights."

Neither of the women said anything on the way. It seemed ages before Arlene said. "Pull over by the trees… by those gates over on the left…"

Julie pulled up before the old estate which was all lit up. She vaguely thought she recognized it as the old School Board offices. Wasn't that where Bradley told her these supposed orgies were taking place? Didn't he say that some of the members of the school district were bringing young students from Craven here for lewd purposes? That didn't make sense at all to the minister's wife. If that were the case why would Arlene refer to this place as a private club and suggest that they have dinner here? Oh, none of it made any sense but maybe it was the unaccustomed alcohol that was making everything so confusing. She was just going to leave everything to Arlene, her new friend. She knew her way around and Julie was just as glad to have her to chart the course of their evening.

She slid from the car and followed Arlene to the large old building. It was a fine old Victorian house that had been completely restored. At one point the actual offices of the school district had been located here complete with the dusty old chalk boards and wooden desks but now the rooms had been restored to their formal splendor. All the rooms had high ceilings and most of them had fireplaces. The dining room and kitchen had been remodeled into a small restaurant and down the hall was a small sitting room. Arlene rang a bell and a man she called Jud appeared with an ice bucket with two bottles of champagne.