having an adulterous liaison and thatyou're also having your lover's baby? Sorry, Louise, but itdoesn't quite wash. Somehow, perversely that day, Octavia felt better: rather asif she had been suffering from some near fatal illness thathad reached and passed its crisis, the fever broken, the paineasing. But she felt fine: alert, energised,ready for anything. 'First thing.
I do--''Don't,' she had said gently, 'don't. 'She gave Tom a dazzling smile and left the restaurant; themen slowly followed her. ''I think I should. Idiotic of me.
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