“What happened to you?”
“They put me in a kids’ home, but I soon got out. Then one day I met you and my life began.”
“That’s a terrible story.”
“You’re not that bad.”
“Randolph, you don’t always have to bury your feelings with tricky answers.”
“Don’t I? It’s always worked for me. What did they tell you on your psychology degree course?”
“They told me that human beings are more complex than they can even imagine themselves.”
“Look, the Queen of England always says don’t complain, don’t explain. If it’s good enough for Her Majesty then it’s good enough for me. Now she really is rich.”
“You genuinely don’t want to talk about it?”
“I just did. I bet you’re worried now that I’m going to get drunk and beat you up. Apples don’t fall far from the tree and genes is genes.”
“So you fear th
