DMcN didn’t pursue a career as a dentist, but instead joined the civil service. We caught sight of her dressed in a tailored black suit, coming out of a meeting carrying a dossier of government papers.

She stopped dead in her tracks on recognising old friends from her undergraduate days. We all stepped forward for a group hug and tears.

Then, resuming her professional stance, the top civil servant brushed herself down and set off on her mission again to deliver her clutch of precious documents.