Nathaniel took the floor, running over the history of Emmeline Godfrey’s fatal marriage. He made an impressive figure of it, too, in his well-cut suit. He was the tallest man in the room, his voice deep and commanding, he was in command of his material and on his own ground, and Justin had a sudden, dizzying sense of unfamiliarity. As though he’d never seen this man before, as though he’d walked into the room and set eyes on him for the first time, and thought, Yes. Nathaniel had told him, during their endless woodland walks, that he’d fallen in love with Tony at first sight. Justin had had no
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