‘Are we?’
‘If we are, it’s your fault. You make me feel sort of stimulated. I didn’t flirt with Martin.’
‘I’m very glad to hear it. Martin wouldn’t have liked it at all.’
They laughed and danced on. He held her very close, the cold rim of his ear touching her forehead.
‘To think I’ve never danced before!’
‘Why haven’t you?’
‘Nobody to dance with.’
‘Nobody?’
‘Nobody at all.’
‘Have you been living on your little lone since I went away?’