and when they made love-which they did at jessica 's apartment in fashionable kensington , in jessica 's brass bed with the crisp white linen sheets ( for jessica 's parents had told her that down comforters were decadent ) -in the darkness , afterwards , she would hold him very tightly , and her long brown curls would tumble over his chest , and she would whisper to him how much she loved him , and he would tell her he loved her and always wanted to be with her , and they both believed it to be true .