Mike Dixon

„Is it David?‟ Kirstin prompted. „I understand there was
an unfortunate incident off Montague Island.‟
„Oh! I wish that were all.‟ Cecilia recounted the fight on
the stairs and the appalling impression it had created.
„Maybe Harald‟s not as badly injured as he thinks,‟ Kirstin
suggested.
„I don‟t think he is. I‟m sure he‟s exaggerating.‟
It started to rain and Kirstin suggested that they should
retreat to a nearby restaurant. There Cecilia poured out her
worries over cups of weak tea and buttered scones. Most of
what she said, Kirstin already knew but there were im-
portant exceptions. It came as a surprise to learn that Sue
Lynne was not David‟s aunt but his cousin‟s wife.
The Paget family evidently had a poor understanding of
family relationships and tended to call everyone „uncle‟ or
„auntie‟, irrespective of how they fitted into the family tree.
It was an even greater surprise to learn that twenty-year-
old David had, allegedly, been having an affair with thirtyfive-year-old
Sue Lynne.
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