“When Belinda returned we climbed the stands to watch the race and to everyone´s blank surprise number eight came in first. The stunned crowd received the no-hopers victory in silence, and Belinda stopped Ken´s wide grin in its tracks by announcing a shade defiantly that she hadn´t put his fiver on eight but on the favourite instead. ´People have been devorced for less´, Ken said, just about managing civility.”