‘But if nothing we do here has any guarantee of lasting, if even the best gestures have only a slim chance of outliving us - is there any reason not to just give up?’ ‘Every reason in the world,’ Rudd said. ‘We’re here and we’re alive. It’s a beautiful evening, on the last perfect day of summer.’ He turned and nodded at the waiting cauls. ‘Now let’s go down there and make the most of it, while it lasts.’
