'Later, much later, as they lay finally apart, shaken, satedwith pleasure, he said, 'I tell you what. That he had come so close to being caught out, shown up,to Octavia, to the person he loved most, by far the most inthe world, had shaken him badly. ' Nico Cadogan picked up the glass of champagne he had been sipping whilehe got ready, raised it to his reflection in the mirror. Gabriel Bingham.
'Why did you do it?' said Octavia. 'She felt most angry with him: him and Marianne ofcourse. Nico was out; she left a message for him to ring her, andthen decided to go and see Octavia. and giggling, over-indulged by Caroline's parents,of Octavia, lying in the sunshine on the golden Barbadianbeach, a
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