Yes," she said. And there was her ski teacher, looking exactly like all the other ski teachers she remembered sun-tanned, handsome and totally self-confident Half an hour later all thoughts of Ulrich Grunwalder and Edward Crowe had disappeared as she skied behind Bruno and concentrated on staying on her feet. work Upper body still, make your legs do the Madame," shouted Bruno over his shoulder Clare,' she said. "Call me Clare, please. Clare. OK. Lean forward a bit more, Clare. That's it. Good. You are remembering now, eh? Yeah, I am slowly. It's great. I'd forgotten what an amazing buzz skiing gives you They skied down some different runs with Bruno being wonderfully encouraging, and she really did begin to feel confident on the skis. Going up in the lifts, Clare and Bruno chatted just the usual "where are you from, what do you do sort of chat, but it was pleasantly relaxing. In the middle of the afternoon, they stopped at an old farmhouse for coffee and apple cake. There were lots of other skiers doing the same. Clare felt as if she belonged something about being part of a group, all with a shared nterest, she supposed. It was a feeling she'd not had for long time id hello to a few people, and went over to talk runo Sai to one of the waiters. Clare took the opportunity to study him a bit. Up until now, she'd just been skiing behind man in a red ski suit, so it was interesting to see that he was quite tall, with curly brown hair and eyes to match. From the colour of his face he looked as if he'd spent his whole life in the open air. She guessed he was about forty