Last night, Charlotte hadn't even come to my room before Daniel came and asked if we could talk. I said yes and he came in and said, "Four small carved boxes from the mantel, a shepherdess statuette, a medal and a miniature portrait."

"Oh." I said. I had forgotten stealing them.

"Oh, indeed. If I've noticed they're missing, how long do you suppose it would take their rightful owners? Now, put them back, there's a good fellow."

I unwrapped them from amongst my clothes and put them all back where I found them. "Sorry, Daniel." I said.

"Never foul your own nest, my boy. Never spit on your own doorstep. If we steal here, they'll find out and we can't use this house or these identities again. We have a good thing going here. Let's not damage it for a few trinkets."

"It was just automatic, really. I didn't want us to leave empty-handed." I said.

He was looking at my case, I looked too, and saw the photograph Charlotte had given me. He looked at me and said, "Harry, I'm sorry, but you can't keep it."

"It's only a picture, Daniel."

"No pictures! Do you think I never wanted to keep a picture? Keep only memories, Harry. The police can't prosecute on the evidence of memories locked in your head, but they can do an awful lot with a clear photograph."

"I'm not in it and she could be anyone." I said. There was no way I was giving up that picture.

"She's identifiable." said Daniel.

"Who would bother to try?" I said.

"There are prisons full of men who thought that way."

"There are soup kitchens full of men who never did." I said. He looked hurt and I said, less angrily, "I don't want to be alone all my life, Daniel. You're making me give her up. Can't I keep one little picture?"

"No, burn it, or I will."

I knew he was serious. I was desperate for some way to keep it. I said, "I have to keep it while we're here, or she'll wonder what I've done with it. When we leave, I'll get rid of it."

"Promise?" he said.

"I promise." I said, feeling bad about making a promise I intended to break, but knowing there was no other way to keep a photo of Charlotte. I can hide it, when we're home. Daniel will never know.