Are you in Zermatt for long, Clare?' asked Bruno, after he'd been sitting with her a few minutes. "No, only a few days probably. Just a short break to get away from everything at home,' replied Clare. She didn't feel like explaining the real reason. People looked at her differently when they knew. t I'd like to do some more skiing. Would you be able to do anything tomorrow? "I think so. But you'll have to book it through the Ski School office. I can't arrange anything with you directly, said Bruno, putting on his gloves and standing up. "Come on. Let's do a bit more now." Great, replied Clare. After another hour, Clare said, "Time to stop, I think Bruno agreed. "You should have a sauna tonight. It'll help your body relax. Not so stiff tomorrow, you know Clare didn't care how stiff she was going to be tomorrow. She felt better than she had done for months full of fresh air, physically tired but in her mind alive. Happy! Yes that was how she felt happy At the bottom of the lift where she'd met Bruno a few hours earlier, they shook hands. See you tomorrow, I hope,' said Clare. Yes, I hope so. But would you like to meet for a drink ater? After dinner?' Bruno was looking at her directly and smiling confidently. 'That'd be nice, she replied immediately. "Where? "There's a bar in the Hotel Monte Rosa, just opposite your hotel. We could meet there at, say, half past nine? OK, see you later then.' Clare walked off towards the hotel taxi with a huge grin on her face.