"I don't know," he said. "But...if you want to try then, if we both get out of this situation alive, we could always go on a date and start again if things haven't reverted to normal." Even as he spoke he had half an eye on two figures across the street. One was talking to a newspaper vendor while their companion was stood slightly awkwardly to one side, looking up and down the street as if he was waiting for someone or something.