What do you do, Jem? Studying. Medicine. Will you take a look at my foot? (Laughter.) What? It’s been hurting for days! I bet you get asked that all the time, Jem. Not all the time, and I’d be happy to have a look. Although I’m specializing in gynecology. (Laughter.) Alys strummed her guitar and the conversation stopped. Familiar opening bars to what would become the anthem of that time. “God Only Knows” sung over and over, voices parading across the star-packed night.

