wear much clothes — none even — where one meets a few people who have gone through enough, and can take things for granted — where you be yourself, without bothering. There is somewhere — there are one or two people — ’

‘But where — ?’ she sighed.

‘Somewhere — anywhere. Let’s wander off. That’s the thing to do — let’s wander off.’

‘Yes — ’ she said, thrilled at the thought of travel. But to her it was only travel.

‘To be free,’ he said. ‘To be free, in a free place, with a few other people!’

‘Yes,’ she said wistfully. Those ‘few other people’