[Danny] was very, very good at getting people to step across that invisible border. Lambs to the slaughter. — Pat Barker

But [Tom] was used to switching off, to living his life in separate compartments.

But sir, certainly, there isn't any proof as to my guilt...

It was extraordinarily distracting: this feeling of a pivotal moment in his own life being played out in front of an uninvited audience.