Years after, at Ursula retirement do, she would realize that the person giving the speech about how Ursula had paved the way for women in the Civil service had been the girl who brought her a glass of water on that terrible day.

She wondered what she left undone, she assumed the feeling was a hangover from a lifetime of projects and deadlines, but it was persistent. She couldn't help feeling that there was still some great task ahead that she needed to complete.