"So I'm told," he replies mildly. Of course the salmon's good. It had an article written about it in The Daily Telegraph once. In 1982. He orders it every time he comes here and now is no exception.

When Nancy offers to buy Joscelin a drink, he stiffens. Goes even colder. Is she pitying him? Does she still think of him as a child to be coddled?

"No, thank you. I've no wish to attract any more attention than was already drawn to us earlier, this particular establishment's ownership notwithstanding."