Fancy being listened to by a German audience; fancy if they approved." Michael leaned forward, putting his elbow into Hermann's chest.

Early December had already been mentioned as a date for their marriage, and as a pre-nuptial journey, this seemed to him a plan ecstatically ideal.
"Yes, Sylvia," he said.

"The answer is yes.

I shall come with you, you know.

I can see it; a triumphal procession, you two making noises, and me listening.