‘We should have done this sooner.’

‘Yes, we should.’

‘Has it been worth the wait?’

Pauline Philbey looked at Harry Riddles and nodded. ‘Yes, Hal. It was worth it.’

Riddles laughed. ‘I have wanted to be with you since we were in the sixth form together! How sad and silly is that?’

‘It’s not silly at all! Why shouldn’t love blossom at our age? Except you took your time to get going. 60 years or more!’

‘That’s unfair! I was spoken for. Whatever my feelings for you, I am not an adulterer!’

‘But we are both free now, aren’t we? What kept you?’  

Riddles shrugged. ‘I don’t know, Philbs. I thought I was past it. I had...

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