Censorship, perhaps the ultimate editor for a government – Ask any regular serviceman.

William had a surprise for Marie. They’d been planning to take some time off since they were married six months ago, but they needed to get the restaurant ticking over first and appoint a good sous-chef who could handle things in their absence.

And now they were ready, they would start their holiday, their belated honeymoon, on Monday, in just two days’ time.

But not in quite the way Marie was expecting.