Chapter 15

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​⁠“Of course, we're behaving shockingly, all three of us!” Philippa declared, as she sipped her champagne and leaned back in her seat.

“You mean by coming to a place like this?” Lessingham queried, looking around the crowded restaurant. “We are not, in that case, the only sinners.”

“I didn't mean the mere fact of being here,” Philippa explained, “but being here with you.”

“I forgot,” he said gloomily,