"Oh yeah. Ruth was getting poeple to look for it and saying you were really upset about losing it. So I tried to find it. I never told you at the time, but I did Try really hard. I thought there'd be places I could look where you couldn't. In the Boy's dorms, stuff like that. I remember looking for ages, but I couldn't find it."(169)
This is really the first time since arriving at the cottages that Kathy and Tommy have had any extended time to just talk like they used to. I feel as though Tommy and ruth could not talk quite so openly. The fact that Tommy remembered about Kathy's lost tape all this time must mean that Tommy did have feelings for Kathy this whole time. Because, he probably wouldn't have done the same if it were Ruth's tape that was lost. Tommy must have planned that if he ever got to Norfolk, he would find Kathy's tape. However, the good time spent finding the tape with Kathy was not in his plans. But, this turned out better that he imaged. I think that along with the lost tape they also found the relationship that Ruth had stolen from them years ago, but sadly it would take a few more years to act on this rekindled flame.
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