41.   She fell on her knees before them and begged them to take her with them.

42.   She loved everything about this man, and when he took her she tried to stifle the cry of pain.

43.   She lumbered out of bed, reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom.

44.   She poured out and, placing one cup in front of him, took hers into the sitting-room.

45.   She struck out blindly and found herself taken in a firm grip.

46.   She was carried along the railway line to the station from where an ambulance took her to Colchester General Hospital.

47.   She was taken back into the house and made to fill a bath and to get into it.

48.   She was taken straight into the emergency room when we arrived.

49.   She was taken to a comfortable bedroom with stone mullions and changed into clothes appropriate for the occasion.