Part 3, Chapter 3: A Last Favour

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​⁠That thought at the heart of Gwenna seemed to grow with every hour that passed.

And they were passing now so rapidly, the hours that remained to her with her husband! One more blissful day spent on the mountains (but always with that growing thought behind it: "He has to go soon. Perhaps he will not come back this time. The new machine may let him down somehow, perhaps").

One more train-journey, whi