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Late-night swimming. Oxford. July 1970.
Emilee continued to excel in fine-boat rowing, English literature, and reading. Caroline again, joined her college’s tennis team to find fulfillment outside the classroom. They met each Saturday. Once a month, Douglas would take the train to visit them in Oxford. Then, once every three months, the two girls made the journey to Southampton to visit Douglas.
With unexpected pleasure, they had discovered little villages and towns previously unknown to them, clustered along the rail line, running south in a zigzag fashion through the English countryside. There was Abingdon, Didcot, Cholsey, and Streatley, which led to the bigger town of Reading. Then followed Basingstoke and Winchester and, as their final stop, Southampton Central, where Douglas wo
