(not sure if that should raise a ‘hurrah’ or a ‘Leonie
moping … oh bother)
The Archers Sunday 15th April 2012
- Tony’s tired
- There’s no room at the (Ambridge) Hall
- James is a sadist, and it’s all Lilian’s fault
- Hattie Marshall to the rescue!
Tony’s tired
He slept in until 10am (unheard of, even for a Sunday). Which
annoys him.
But he’s more annoyed about being so tired. He wants to be
able to do both milkings but, after gentle persuasion from Pat and Yom, he
decides that he should just stick to the afternoon milking, and office work.
There’s no room at the (Ambridge) Hall
Lynda and Robert’s B&B business seems to be flourishing.
Mr and Mrs Pickering want to stay another week:
[Lynda] “Mr Pickering is full of praise for your skill with a frying pan!”
And another couple are arriving shortly. So it’s a full
house.
The Leonie calls.
She’s left James, and is on a train (with only her handbag
and her phone) to Ambridge, expecting to be able to stay.
When she’s told that they’re packed:
[Leonie] “But, I’m family, and this is an emergency!”
Lynda Robert and Robert manage to squeeze Leonie into Robert’s
office, on a child’s fold out bed. Though, as Lynda says, why doesn’t Leonie
have any friends to stay with …
Still, must be better than sharing a bed with James Bellamy …
James is a sadist, and it’s all Lilian’s fault
On Robert asking Leonie what happened to make her flee James:
[Leonie] “J is what happened … that man is a complete barbarian!”[Robert] “Was he violent?”[Leonie] “No … no of course not. Well not physically anyway. He’s an emotional sadist. He finds the most sensitive party of your soul, sticks the knife in and twists until the pain becomes unbearable … and it’s obvious where he gets it from, his mother”[Robert] “Lilian?”[Leonie] “He is such a mummy’s boy, whatever little James wants, little James will have .. he has never learnt empathy, he has absolutely no understanding of how other people feel, particularly women, he’s utterly selfish and grotesquely immature”
(I know – I can hear you shouting it along with me – pot,
kettle, black)
Later on, as Robert and Lynda get her room ready:
[Robert] “I know Leonie can be difficult”[Lynda] “Robert, the poor girl is suffering … she showed such sensitivity about the peregrines”
(mais non. Lynda is unaware that Leonie was only caring
about Leonie)
When Leonie arrives at Ambridge Hall:
[Leonie] “I really don’t want to talk about that man anymore”[Lynda] “Although I have to say Leonie, I’m not entirely surprised … I’ve always thought James Bellamy was a bit of a narcissistic … rather too fond of his own voice … course he takes after his mother in that respect …”[Leonie, delighted that Lynda concurs] “And he didn’t have the first idea about country life … that business with the peregrines … no more empathy for wild creatures than he has for his fellow humans. And he wasn’t a very good photographer … Why do I pick the wrong men all the time, why do I end up with such losers?”
So she cries to Lynda, while Robert tries to make them have
a cup of tea (and shoosh Lynda from being so negative about James … we know
what’ll happen when/if Leonie and James get back together).
Hattie Marshall to the rescue!
Pat gets a call from Martin Sykes – who (Pat tells us) is a
Councillor, is on the Planning committee meeting, and is ever-so-slightly on
the Free the Ambridge Cow side of the debate. He also gives Pat the inside nod
about what Brian’s been up to.
[Pat] “That wretched DVD of Brian’s has gone to every councillor …Implying they’re free to wander out whenever they like it … gross misrepresentation!”
Though Pat is allowed to speak at the Planning meeting,
Hattie Marshall most certainly is (as chair of Borchester Against Factory
Farming).
So – it’s not over until the Hattie lady sings!
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