ABSTRACT

Question 3 Kate was a journalist covering a civil war in the depths of Darkest Africa. There she met a fellow English journalist, Leo, with whom she fell instantly and madly in love. They wanted to marry but were in the midst of heavy fighting and were unable to make the journey to the nearest city. They exchanged marriage vows in front of Mike, a missionary who was hoping to become a priest. Both Kate and Leo were captured by rival factions in the civil war, and Kate assumed Leo had been killed when she did not hear from him again. Kate met another journalist, Nick, in the prisoner of war camp she was held in and, finding she was pregnant by Leo, agreed to marry Nick so that her child would have a father. The marriage was intended by both as a companionship-only relationship, as neither wished to have intercourse with the other. After Kate’s baby was born, Nick found he looked on Kate with increasing affection, and wanted her to be more than his housekeeper. However, Kate refused to have intercourse with him, and Nick has now met Olive, with whom he hopes to have a proper marriage.