Isobel took it. "That is quite lovely, darling," she said. "I think he really must love you." She turned to Steven. "Well done you," she said. She kis...ed them both and was gone.Then the visitors started: Martha Olney, Mary Witherspoon, Hilary Grant, the Benthams, Helen Anstruther. Steven had had nothing to do with it and both he and Becca were astounded at how quickly word of her accident had got round and deeply touched that all these people should come to see her. They all knew about the. Bidulph.’ she wasn’t sure he had heard her in his haste to get to his room. The next morning Alan Bidulph came down at 7:30 to find Becky sitting at the dining room table drinking coffee, ‘Good morning’. ‘Good morning.’ Becky returned, ‘Did you sleep well? Was everything okay in your room?’ ‘I slept like a rock. And yes, everything is just fine in the room.’ Becky got up and poured him a cup of coffee, ‘Well, since you’re our only guest right now, you can have your choice of breakfast … how. As it was, I may have made it another ten seconds. Maybe not. But it must have been enough for her because we both exploded at the same time. All I can remember after that is an overwhelming sense of pure pleasure. I don’t remember any pause before the second time, and then the third. Both were almost as intense, but with that same odd combination of passion tinged with remorse. Much later, when I dropped her off, we kissed and I reminded her about sunset the next day. She nodded and mumbled. In fact it was two as well.’ ‘I think we might have scared the birds,’ Brad observed. ‘Maybe, but it is almost spring, perhaps we inspired them.’ We took turns showering. Both using the outdoor shower rather than the one inside. At breakfast Brad decided on a freshly cooked omelette and came back with a well-covered plate. ‘You must be hungry,’ I remarked. ‘Twice a day with you means I have to keep my strength up,’ he replied. ‘It has been a while since we made love twice in one day.’ ‘Yes I.