- Brian doesn’t get his way
- Can I go to Ruairi’s school?
- Does one generally “get used” to a noisy neighbour?
- “nice English boyfriends”
- Harry’s ready to move to Poland
- Jennifer isn’t the author of Mistress of the Paddocks?
- Lilian Vs Annabelle
- Enjoying Adam and Jennifer
Brian doesn’t get his way
Which would be a shocker, if it hadn’t just been over that rather dull Mart …
Brian didn’t want to go for an early completion date, and reckon the bonus payment from the Council wouldn’t be worth the risk.
But Lilian reckons the bonus payment more than covers the risk, and their wonderful project manager means they won’t miss the deadlines anyway. So there is no real risk.
When it went to Board vote, they went with Lilian.
[Lilian] “There are no hard feelings, I hope, the best woman won!”
Ah – a rare moment for Lilian, to be able to gloat over Brian. What bliss!
Can I go to Ruairi’s school?
[Brian] “85 acres of land, woods, little streams, children encouraged to play out there … That’s the kind of childhood we want for Ruairi”
Aye – that’s also the sort of adulthood I’d want for myself!
So looks like they’re found the perfect place for Ruairi. It’s particularly ideal not just because of the of the little streams, but also because it’s a Catholic boarding schools that “takes everyone”.
Marvellous.
Does one generally “get used” to a noisy neighbour?
On Jonti Waters at No.3 The Green
[Brian] “One man noise pollution zone, that’s what I hear”
[Lilian] “Storm in a teacup, darling. They’ll get used to him”
Hmm.
I, for once, disagree with Lilian. And wouldn’t have thought Tom and Brenda are the type to suffer even the most minor of irritations.
Adam hopes the picker “girls found nice English boyfriends”
Adam’s walking the wheat, when Harry finds him to ask if he can go on the pickers trip to Felpersham Pottery.
[Harry] “I’m quite interested in China, my mum collects it, so I can tell her all about it …"
Course, Adam isn’t daft, and knows Harry wants to go on the trip to be with Zofia.
[Harry] “It’s not very cool being so obvious … I wouldn’t like to think I’m being as crassly obvious as Jazzer”
Harry reckons that he and Zofia genuinely have something in common, whereas Jazzer really just wants to get his leg over. At least Harry can:
[Harry] “ …I can raise my gaze above her … chest”
Adam seems to agree that Harry would be a better prospect for Zofia, and is also glad that Jazzer hasn’t signed up for the Pottery outing. He said something about Jazzer being like a Bull being in a China Shop …
[Adam] “I’d rather the girls found nice English boyfriends”
Which isn’t Jazzer, I suppose. As he isn’t necessarily nice. Nor English.
(and why English? Will Welsh, Scottish, Irish, France. American, African, Turkish, Norwegian etc etc etc not do?)
Harry’s ready to move to Poland
Adam pointed out that even though Jazzer’s intentions towards Zofia may not include longevity, it is inevitable that any liaison with Zofia will be short lived. She’ll be going home to Poland after the season.
Harry then started talking about going to Poland with her, getting a job …
… steady on Harry! That sort of talk is bound to scare the lass away good and proper!
Jennifer isn’t the author of Mistress of the Paddocks?
Seemingly Jennifer is still on chapter one of Mistress of the Paddocks.
I thought she wasn’t ready it, as she’d actually written it. Unbeknownst to everyone else.
But:
[Jennifer] “It’s so tedious, full of clichés you wouldn’t believe, one a sentence … I thought rubbish was supposed to be easier to read … I’ve learned my lesson, and next time it’s Middlemarch”
So – if not Jennifer – who is the author?
They’re local, but that’s all we know.
Joe Grundy?
Lilian Vs Annabelle
Surprisingly, Annabelle back Lilian, rather than Brian, at the Board vote.
[Annabelle] “I judge the matter on its merit, you made a better case … you’ve got a good coach, haven’t you … come on Lilian, Matt’s fingerprints are all over this deal!”
[Lilian] “I think people are allowed to talk things over with their partners … oh, sorry, of course, you wouldn’t know …”
(meow!)
Annabelle, while in admiration of Matt’s business prowess, doesn’t agree with his business ethics.
As Lilian obviously still has an issue with Annabelle (Lilian thinks Annabelle may have had intimate adult moments with Matt while he and Lilian were briefly separated a while back), Annabelle has a weak spot to aim for:
[Annabelle] “I have some very fond memories if our time together … a pity it came to such a bad end …”
Didn’t Annabelle refuse Matt?
But, of course, Lilian doesn’t know that.
Meow also to Annabelle!
Enjoying Adam and Jennifer
That I am.
Adam’s on very good form at the moment, as is his mum.
They’re having a natter about Jazzer and Harry chasing after Zofia.
Adam reckoned “the gates of heavens opened” when he told Harry that he would reserve a seat next to Zofia, guaranteeing Harry ‘quality’ time with her. Of course, on their last trip out, Jazzer managed to bag that seat.
[Jennifer] “The contest of romantic archetypes”
[Adam] “Jazzer and Harry? The lout and the lover …”
[Jennifer] “They both have recognisable wooing technique”
[Adam] “ I wouldn’t call what Jazzer does wooing”
[Jennifer] “A little rough and ready maybe, but he’s only trying to sweep Zofia off her feet”
[Adam] “Or onto the nearest available flat surface”
[Jennifer] “He might have a softer side …”
[Adam] “He’s hiding it well”
[Jennifer, now talking about Harry] “Underneath that polite exterior he might be a bubbling cauldron of passion”
At that remark, Adam reckons Mistresses of the Paddocks seems to be rubbing off on Jennifer.
They’re interrupted by Jazzer telephoning to say that he now also wants to go on the Pottery trip. The news of which seems to make Adam really happy.
[Adam] “Who am I to stand in the way of primeval male forces?”
[Jennifer] “Jazzer and Harry squabbling over a strawberry picker, it’s hardly DH Lawrence”
Jennifer thinks Adam’s glee at this situation is just him amusing himself.
[Adam] “Beats looking at old China, doesn’t it?”
Indeed.
But best watch your step. Harry and Jazzer could easily turn nasty. Infact, maybe Zofia will turn nasty ... all this male attention must be quite dull.
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