“If I had to choose a moment,” said Robin, “I would say that I decided on Adelaide as the future partner of my life when she first realised I wasn’t a magician and looked at me as if I were a particularly unintelligent species of dormouse.” Adelaide beamed and shook sandwich crumbs from her gloves. “For myself, I can’t decide whether it was Sir Robert’s mound of unpaid debts or his complete lack of interest in women which I found more appealing in a husband.” Violet choked on a mouthful of sandwich.
