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Life’s unseen moments are the glitter of mystery and enticement. They keep the imaginative edge razor sharp and our reach keen and hungry.

Unseen countries – and villages, towns, cities – have a hold over us: We long to see and experience them; but often half the fun lies in the long delay, the exciting build-up, the quality of jangling fear-delight which holds us in thrall so successfully.

This quality can cover most aspects of human life. The body of the man or woman we lust after has a piquancy and a freshness and a trembling limitlessness as long as it remains unseen. We can paint it any colour we want and arrange the important organs in our favourite states. We can create Amazonian forests of pubic hair and deltas of Venusian gorgeousness…

The places as yet unvisited gain a romantic edge, a perfection often quite at variance with…