On his instructions I actually undressed in my bedroom and went downstairs – that way there was no way to cheat, by grabbing my clothes! That had been David’s idea when he saw me getting ready that morning. XXX I should explain that the study room in this house is a small room on the ground floor next to the front door, hallway and kitchen, with the only door out onto the hallway. We were now in the midst of the school holidays, and in the previous week on two mornings I had got up exactly as he outlined come downstairs made breakfast for us both, confident that the boys wouldn’t stir out of their bedrooms before 10am, I’d see David off to work at 8:15 staying as I was till
