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hurting my arm, please.”
    â€œI’ll let go when you listen to me. We had a life together once, remember? We lived on an island to which we time travelled and we were husband and wife. We lived there with six other children and we had our own little baby boy …” They could hear that he was getting quite upset when it came to talking about the little baby.
    â€œI can understand that you could forget about me but how could you forget about him?” There was complete silence for what seemed like the longest time and it seemed as if Bobby and David could almost hear the cogs turning in Ina’s mind as she took it all in. Then, there was a sound, as if Ina had swooned and Henry had caught her, or at least that was the scenario that played out in Bobby’s mind.
    â€œYou remember, you remember, Ina. For a moment then I thought I would lose you forever. But I see it there in your eyes that you remember too.”
    â€œHenry … my husband, oh my God! My baby, oh my God!” Bobby peered around the side of the chimney for a split second and saw Henry’s big hands and arms wrapped lovingly around Ina’s slender form. Her face was as white as her pretty white dance dress, as she had received such a shock and her dress was now trailing in the dirt. Her arms were wrapped tightly around his neck and her cheek was pressed to his cheek and in that moment Bobby thought that she had just witnessed the most tender and intimate moment that could exist between a man and a woman and that she would ever witness; she felt something she recognised as envy for what existed between the two of them.
    â€œWhat on earth is all this?” demanded a very angry Robert Clyde, who had obviously come looking for his fiancée. “Get your hands off her this instant! Good grief, who do you think you are, you – you big ape? How dare you. I have a good mind to have you arrested.” Bobby and David pressed themselves right back against the wall so they couldn’t be seen. There was a scuffling sound as he lifted Ina to her feet.
    â€œAnd you’ve made her cry, too. What have you been saying to my fiancée, you brute? I have a good mind to punch you on the nose only I don’t want to start something and get dirty and sweaty right before the dance.”
    â€œIt’s not his fault, Robert; please come inside and I’ll explain everything to you. Really, it was nothing, I … I fainted and he caught me.” There was silence as Robert digested this information. Bobby secretly hoped that the men would start fighting. It would serve that idiot right, she thought, for acting so high and mighty and besides, it was obvious who would come off second-best. Henry was big and strong and could probably hold his own whereas Robert was little and puny and looked like he’d never done a day’s manual labour in his life.
    â€œYou won’t be marryin’ her; not if I have anything to do with it,” Henry muttered almost under his breath.
    â€œWhat did you say to me, farm boy? Not too smart, are you? Are you foolish enough to try and make me even angrier?”
    â€œPlease stop it, both of you,” Ina said weakly but even Bobby could see that it was useless to try and stop them. She knew from the books she had read how fragile the male ego was and how Robert would now have to defend his fiancée’s honour and Henry could not now allow this very irritating person to come between him and the love of his life, especially as she had just recognised him for who he was – someone from her own past.
    â€œYep, you might say that,” said Henry and then he spat on the ground, “cause guess what dweeb? You and all your friends in high places and your fancy laws don’t frighten me. I love Ina and I always have and you can’t stop me.” Henry stood with his feet planted firmly on the ground and his arms crossed over his chest. He was the only one who was