"For two weeks, at most," Teja says to Kate, "you shall be busy missing Will, Guppy, his wife and child, and I, my Charlie; then, we shall be off to do what we came here for."

Pause.

"And if we need a distraction from the yearning, then we may play scrabble; I am sure Guppy will teach me, as I for one have never heard of that game."