Being on a boat of this nature, in this case the ferry to the Isle of Wight, reminded me of my time in a ship going to Freetown, Sierra Leone, when I was very young accompanying my father who was a missionary, and it reminded Francoise of her time on the Isle De Re of the southwest coast of France. It was the first time I'd ever seen someone charge five pounds for a slice of drizzle cake. The...

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