‘For another thing,’ Philippa went on to Dame Beatrice, ‘I didn’t want to be bothered. I thought I was very well as I was; a human balanced person with a reasonable record; with the luck of having money, friends, love – only suddenly it wasn’t enough – not nearly enough.’ Dame Beatrice nodded; this was what she understood. ‘Everything seemed – not hollow, but – as if suddenly I could see beyond them, into an emptiness, and all the while there was this strange pull;
