‘They are!’ exclaimed Gerald at length. ‘I thought I had seen them before.’

‘It disappoints you?’ said Birkin.

‘Disappoints me! No — but how is it Hermione has them here?’

‘She knew Gudrun in London — that’s the younger one, the one with the darker hair — she’s an artist — does sculpture and modelling.’

‘She’s not a teacher in the Grammar School, then — only the other?’

‘Both — Gudrun art mistress, Ursula a class mistress.’

‘And what’s the father?’

‘Handicraft instructor in the schools.’