Chapter Thirty
They lay in mutual silence till Hugh broke it. ‘Maybe if they heard us at it…’ ‘Ha-ha,’ Emily said. ‘Just a few***s would suffice.’ ‘No.’ ‘Go on,’ Hugh said, and made a low***ing noise. ‘Was that it?’ Emily said. ‘You were very quick!’ Hugh laughed and they lay again in silence and Emily was just about to drift off when another*** came from Hugh, a very different kind. ‘Please, no!’ Hugh said, and Emily opened her eyes and smothered her laughter with her hand as she realised what Hugh was referring to, because there was a certain regular noise coming from the room across the hall. ‘Oh, God!’ Hugh said, appalled. ‘It’s like finding out that your parents do it!’ ‘Stop it.’ Emily was nearly crying from laughter. ‘I wish they would.’ It seemed to go on for ever but finally, finally
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