So for now, she shakes hands solemnly with Keene, finally does hug Pakhet as if she has found a long-lost mother and been forgiven for never writing, and then hesitates over Jones. The last time they touched, she was ready to take him to bed. The last time they touched, he was her enemy. Now he must believe anything is possible between them again. If he doesn’t believe that, he won’t believe, even for a few moments, that she has really crossed the river.