He puts an emphasis on the word, something that sounds a little teasing, and Rosie laughs. "Oh, goodness, when you say it like that..." she says, reaching a hand back into the water to flick some up at him again.

"I think everyone else I knew at home would find it sensational," she continues after a moment, more seriously. "Maybe even scandalous. Which I suppose is the appeal. A chance to be interesting, rather than boring or conventional like it seems they wanted me to be."