"Yes, well, having never been in Arcadia, you will have to tell me what that was like sometime." Mina frowned slightly, wondering if there was even a world for them to return to. She didn't like the thought of Anne and Jack and Luke being gone, but she wasn't going to voice it. Jacqueline pretended to be tough, but it would crush her. Of that, Mina was absolutely certain.

There were a lot of hopelessly optimistic ifs in Jacqueline's suggestion, but it wasn't worth arguing. "Well," she said slowly, "I haven't made my mind up yet. And I promise not to do anything drastic without telling you first, all right?"

She let out a small, mirthless laugh. "Who knows? Perhaps tomorrow night, I'll turn round a corner and meet the next great love of my life. We never know what the future is going to bring, do we?"