It was a dream. It had to be a dream
– Clara was naked! Even beyond that and her lucidity, there were
too many elements that didn’t fit reality. Chief among them was the
blurry manor in the distance behind her. The building was well beyond
her meager pay grade stocking aisles with office supplies, but she
knew it was hers. Everything around her was hers. The elegant patio
table beside her, the woven chair beneath her, and the endless fields
of shivering grass interrupted only by ancient appl