And that reminds me, wife #2 was talking about our daughter getting close to the age for the trials. Maybe we should start planning about gathering the ochre and rehearsing the cave Goddess summoning rituals. With spring coming, the time for initiations of the young folk into adult hood is not too many moons away

*tones approaces Scipio's hut and gives typical Celtic greeting*

Och Aye Ye Sassenach Hoots Mon!

A sabre tooth tiger necklace eh? Chert blades and a portion of your kills? For my daughter? Well I'll have a piece of that action. Meet Harmony, she's yours.

May she keep you warm at night. Here, you'll need these squirrel-tail earplugs I have fashioned. They keep out most of the snoring. And she, um, enjoys her food, so you'll find yourself doing a lot of hunting, especially as you'll be giving me most of it. If she has one of her sceaming tantrums then the earplugs are quite useful for those as well. She doesn't like washing and probably won't get out of bed until midday and do not expect her to do any tidying up. If she gets in one of her sukks it's best to ignore her and it will pass after a couple of weeks. The rest of it I'll leave you to find out for yourself.

Now then, about your teenage daughter, is she a looker?

hunghh . . . Now that Africanus think more, me think four wives is enough for now.

ADDIT:

Which of Africanus teenage daughters you mean? Daughter with wife #1 Nina

Or daughter with wife #2 Naomi