Reticent is a good word to sum them both up. Not shy, not shy at all, yet in each you could sense a certain unwillingness to reveal more personal information than necessary.

When the pair, Ellie and James, arranged a meal out in a smart Italian restaurant, it was cause for some mirth and speculation amongst their small circle of friends.

‘He’s bound to slurp his spaghetti and get it all down his front,’ someone suggested.

And this wasn’t an outlandish idea, because James was well known to be rather clumsy.