“But you wouldn’t feel it.... Seals are protected by a layer of blubber so that they’re always warm even sitting on an iceberg. But it would be such fun to swim around in the sea whenever you wanted to. They travel thousands of miles without stopping.”
“But mother’s traveled thousands of miles without stopping and so have you.”
“When?”
“Going abroad and coming back.” She was laughing at him with bright eyes.
“Oh but that’s in a boat.”
“And when we used to go cruising on the Mary Stuart.”
“Oh tell me about that muddy.”
There was a knock. “Come.” The spikyhaired waiter put his head in the door.
“Can I clear mum?”
“Yes and bring me some fruit salad and see that the fruit is fresh cut.... Things are wretched this evening.”