They were so alike in so many ways. They shared the same temperaments, the same humour and the same faith. But that faith was to be deeply tested in the suffering and lingering death of her mother. Trouble, they say, is like sunshine. It sours milks but sweetens apples.
Trouble can diminish faith or deepen it.
She did not bury her head in the sand, or avoid difficult doubts. It is not for me, here, to chronicle the career of Jill Dando. If you have not followed it closely for the past 19 years, you must at least have read about it in the mountains of newsprint over the past few weeks. But that fame and fortune did not spoil Jill. She kept contact with family and friends.