Chapter 5James began to lead Phoebe through the dark streets, in the direction of Somerville College.
When she realized where it was he was taking her, Phoebe was rather disappointed, since, after the sensations and emotions that she'd experienced when they had been kissing and fondling each other in the train, on the way back up to Oxford, she felt as though the nature of the love she felt for James had undergone something of a sea change. So that she was now ready to yield to him the prize of her body, and to do so not in a spirit of self-sacrifice but of triumph and joy. After all, if they were going to be sleeping together for the rest of their lives, once they were married, then where was the harm in beginning to do so now?
This was a line of reasoning which may – and in fact almost
