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She stared at him blankly. “Yes, I did,” and added quickly, “we all did.”

“You passport has been found. The police telephoned this morning…. You’ll have it back very shortly.”

She was conscious of bitter disappointment because now she was free to go back to England, back to her lonely life. She faltered, “Oh, good.”

“Excellent.” Jeroen was leaning over the end of the bed, watching her while she fiddled with the sheets. “Now you can go back to England.”

“So I can.” Her voice was very bright.

“But I’d like you to come back here, Constantia—it has occurred to me that it might be a very good idea if we were to marry.”