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He put his belt and jacket on the bed, paced up and down and thought about Clara. She was a foreign country to him, but one he felt he'd always known, like the countries coloured pink on the atlas, that he had been familiar with through his childhood. Like a far-off place of treasures and spices that still was English, in his mind she waited for his visit; she was India.

Han hadde gitt henne løfter, og lenge hadde han holdt dem, for de var ikke blitt satt på prøve.

En spirende frihetslengsel hadde hardnet til organisert terrorisme, og de britiske myndighetene hadde forspilt muligheten til forhandlinger på et tidlig tidspunkt, og var nå trengt opp i et hjørne.