It is the same law that stops seven people making a decision about twenty-two thousand children without telling anybody it is coming.

The protection and the silence are the same object.

Arthur said, in that car park: “Evelyn.

Seven people just sat and listened to you for three minutes without interrupting.

When was the last time that happened to you in your life?”

And I said something dismissive.

And he said: “No.

Answer it.”