A Face from the Past

This concerns David Pugh now aged 76, his wife, Jeanne Pugh, now aged 73. We were married in 1963 and our daughter was born in 1967. At about the time of her birth David went to London to buy a camera to record her young life. Prior to his marriage to Jeanne he had for perhaps 3 years had a romantic attachment with a particularly nice girl called Patters. His wife Jeanne was aware of this relationship. While on his way to purchase this camera he was exiting the London Underground system via an up escalator. To his great surprise and astonishment he saw Patters descending on the down escalator. Remember he had not seen or spoken to her for at least five years. This was a tremendous shock and David shouted 'Hello Patters'. She saw him but the crowded escalators carried them apart. The camera purchase went ahead and David returned home. On entering the house he said to his wife Jeanne, 'You will never guess what happened to me in London this morning'. She immediately replied 'You saw Patters at about 11 o'clock'. Note, he did not say 'You will never guess who I bumped into' but 'You will never guess what happened which expands the range of possibilities to something like infinite numbers. Jeanne has no explanation for her comment other than she felt it and knew at once what had happened.