“Holly when I asked for your advice I did so because you are such a sympathetic listener and seem to be worldly-wise.” Gwen looked deep into my eyes.
I must have pulled a face at the ‘worldly-wise’ bit. “No, no! I don’t mean... that is, I mean... oh dear. Oh Holly, do you think I’ve left it too late? To be married, I mean?”
Gwen had turned fifty years old a few weeks
