Kit Bennett

She was lovely.

About your age?

A little older, I think.

You would have been in your 30s, I think.

Yeah, early to mid-30s.

He wouldn't have been much older than me.

He had two children.

And he was telling me about going away on home leave.

And the way that it worked, no matter whether they were intelligence officers or not, they were very rarely allowed to be

in the West with all their children.

And I remember his wife...

was not enjoying the Philippines.

And it was not because she didn't like the posting or what they were doing, but she didn't have the kids with him.

And they were little kids, seven and eight.

You know, it was terrible.

But I remember one occasion, he'd been away on home leave, he and his wife, and at a lovely time.

That was when he brought me the Matryoshka doll.

They'd been on home leave and he said that she'd had a great, what was her name?

I can't remember.

Anyway, she was so happy, but he said it was all because she was with the children and it was so hard for her to come back.