The next morning was cold and bright, dew clung to the grass outside and McEwan was reminded of his time in the Scouts; the only time he had gone camping. He stayed briefly for breakfast and decided to go back to Glasgow and get some clothes and toiletries for Kate and himself.
Perhaps out of habit, or for the need to try and make sense of it all by talking to someone who wasn"t involved, he found himself at work, in Malcolm"s office.
“What are you doing in? I thought you were on holiday?” said Malcolm.
“I am, but I thought I"d swing by and see how you were doing,” said McEwan, without much conviction.
“Did you get my water sample?” said Malcolm.
“s**t. No. Sorry. In all the excitement I forgot about that.”
“Excitement?” said Malcolm, raising an eyebrow.
McEwan recounted the events
