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Francis watched with disinterest as the kettle emitted steam and water boiled inside its plastic shell. Grabbing two striped coffee mugs from the cupboard above the sink the Frenchman measured out a teaspoon of coffee granules into his cup and placed a tea bag in the other for the Briton. How had it come to this? How it had it come down to him being a counsellor to Arthur about his failing love life? Not that he hadn't done it in the past, of course, but back then it was all teasing, now it was serious;  there was actually a love in the Englishman's life. Things seemed so much more complicated nowadays. Pouring steaming water into each cup a