‘Well, precisely,’ replied Pip. ‘It was an accident. Nobody’s fault, and least of all yours.’ Evelyn lifted her eyes to meet Pip’s. ‘You know, I could say much the same to you, Pip. It was just chance that that little boy ran out in front of your car. It could have been anyone that hit him, but it just happened to be you. I suppose the only difference between the pair of us is that you are tortured by a sense of guilt about what happened, and I am not. Two sides of the same coin.’
