Chapter 26 Titus

• Titus clears his throat, and my face grows hot. For the first time, I feel a touch of shame that we’re deceiving this family. If we’d known how nice they all were I don’t think we would have done it, but it’s too late to tell them now.
• It’s nearing nine o’clock, and a few people come up to say they’re calling it a day, and want to say goodbye to us both. Gradually over the next half an hour the business people depart, and eventually it’s just the members of Alan’s family who remain—his daughters and their husbands.
• The temperature is dropping a little now the sun has set, so we move into the conservatory, and we spend another hour chatting to them over coffee, nibbling from a plate of beautiful small desserts that the waiter brings around: tiny cheesecakes and mini chocolate eclairs you can eat in one bite.