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"Such a wretched business, living," Phillip murmured."Sometimes I wonder how many of us manage to survive it. So many pains and so many ways it can end."

"Sometimes," Danny encouraged him, you wish you has someone to share all this with?" He slid his hand across the blanket until it was resting on Luccombe's and begain to rub gently...

"You've never thought of marrying then?" Danny asked. "Must be right lonely here on your own." He didn't reckon Luccombe would think of the servants as company; he hadn't been brought up to it.
"I'm afraid I'm not really one for companny these days. And I've never really thought of myself as the marrying kind. But I confess..." He broke off, and stared out of the window.

"But he's a daft bugger that Ebenezer Scrooge, and no mistake. Rich as bloody Croesus, and never spent a brass farthing, save on the bare necessities. What's the point of being rich if you have no life?"

"Wouldn't have thought you'd need much comforting, living in a place like this." Danny kept his tone light.
Luccombe had his back fully to Danny now."I'm afraid the Christmas season doesn't hold very good memories for me."His back, as he spoke, was ramrod straight, but something in his voice betrayed him.