“She’s a hopeless map-reader and kept making the most ridiculous fuss about stopping to graze and water the horses. Slowly, slowly like a moth emerging from a chrysalis, she seemed to yield to him. Neither Billy nor Rupert, however, were in a particularly festive mood as their lorry rolled into the horse-box park on the eve of the first day. I’ll stay here tonight.
Even when Prince Philip came up and shook him by the hand, Jake was too euphoric even to be shy and managed to stumble a few sentences out. “He’s vile, but he is attractive. “Can’t you see I’m busy?” and, putting his arm round Helen’s shoulders, he pushed impatiently through the crowd. “Wouldn’t it be easier,” he said, ‘to find a respectably rising barrister or some bright young publisher?”Helen shrugged.
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