"It's H, isn't it?" he enquired. I recognised him immediately, though by now he must be at least in his mid-thirties. "Still doing the club?" he asked. I said I was, from time to time, and asked what he was up to now. He said he had just finished work.
His name was Damien and he had never been the brightest of his bunch.Indeed, he had been very shy and totally devoid of confidence when he had first attended. Rarely had he made any eye contact. This time he looked me directly in the eyes and said: "What a cracking place that was; that was my life for quite a few years." I wished him well and headed into the club.
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