“Yes. It was silly of me to say that,” she agreed. “It isn’t true.”

“What do you want, then?”

“I want to share as much of your life as I can.”

“It is a bleak, grimy business, a good deal of it.”

“I want to share it.”

“There is a good deal in it that will horrify you.”

“I must get used to that. . . . When I am in London I want you to promise that you will see me at least once a week.”

“There are seven days in the week. Let it be seven times.”

She laughed at that.