Muse Margaret called and enjoyed the new pages and likes where things are heading. She did have one problem, which we discussed, a sequence where a lot of information is reiterated - but because I'd done similar reiterations just before and just after, she got bored in that section - I went back and read it and boy was she right. She basically only had two things she thought I should take out, which I did, but as I read it, I just kept cutting, eventually taking out two pages, and just giving a precis of the info from the 3rd person narrator rather than in endless dialogue from the character. So what took five speeches, takes two sentences, and it's really much better. She couldn't talk anymore tonight, so I'll read her the redo when I get back from my breakfast meeting at around ten-thirty. I think she'll like it better - I was also able to inject some more humor into it, which is good. So, if she likes the cuts, then it's on to the finish line.