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Turning the key in the front door, I peered around the old cottage. My girlfriend Karen, then 28, and I were celebrating our six-month anniversary with a weekend away in Devonport, Tas.
After a lovely candlelit dinner on the back deck, we turned in for the night.
As we were drifting off, I heard a knock at