QUOTE : They are both quite lovely. One is a white bowl with a blue flush and interlinked flowers. The other is red flowers and thinner porcelain. The wash and fineness of the porcelain indicate it might be Imperial Ware. Have I got that right?”<br /> “Exactly right,” Ian said.<br /> “I found a book in Paris,” she said with a cheeky smile.<br /> Ian looked at her and forgot everything else in the room. He was aware of Hart’s stare butonly peripherally, as though an insect buzzed on the edges of his hearing.<br /> How did Beth always know what words he needed and precisely when to say them? Even Curry didn’t anticipate him like that.