But a great many people think they do. And they may soon get the chance to back their hunches with money.

There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself.

This should be wonderful news for... well, for all women born in 1979 and 1980, who can rejoice in the realisation that they are - or are about to be - at their peak.

But that is about to change.

Soon our season was over and I was about to move.