In the dining room, Agnes was careful not to carry on the conversation where they had left off. Though she would have been happy to talk about Jim, she was aware that she needed to keep David chatting, not send him to sleep.
Instead, she talked about how she was enjoying her stay in Newcastle, telling him about her visits to both the art gallery and the Sage. “Both were most interesting. I"m sure you would enjoy seeing them.”
Agnes noticed him flinch slightly when she mentioned her trip across the Millennium Bridge. That was the day he had followed her. Nevertheless, she carried on as though nothing had happened.
“What about you? Are you here on business or pleasure,” she asked.
“Both,” he replied. “I live in London, so I jumped at the chance of doing some business here in the north, a
