Woman with a Parasol

Woman with a Parasol
A Greek Beauty
A Lily Pond
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Artoo Detoo finally came to a halt in an empty corridor devoid of smoke and thesigns of battle. A worried, confused Threepio pulled up behind him. "You've led us through half the ship, and to what…?" He broke off, staring indisbelief as the squat robot reached up with one clawed limb and snapped the seal ona lifeboat hatch. Immediately a red warning light came on and a low hootingsounded in the corridor. Threepio looked wildly in all directions, but the passageway remained empty.When he looked back, Artoo was already working his way into the cramped boat pod.It was just large enough to hold several humans, and its design was not laid out toaccommodate mechanicals. Artoo had some trouble negotiating the awkward littlecompartment. "Hey," a startled Threepio called, admonishing, "you're not permitted in there!It's restricted to humans only. We just might be able to convince the Imperials thatwe're not rebel programmed and are too valuable to break up, but if someone sees youin there we haven't got a chance. Come on out." Somehow Artoo had succeeded in wedging his body into position in front of theminiature control board. He cocked his body slightly and threw a stream of loudbeeps and whistles at his reluctant companion.