Barbara very nearly fell asleep during the massage. Were she not trying to hold back groans of pleasure, she could very well have drifted off. Once she was finished, she found Howard at the mudbath.

"Now why did I think I'd find you here?" she asked, smiling, and stripped off the robe to sit in the bath opposite. Barbara slid in so far, that only the top of the straps of her swimming costume could be seen below her head.