Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Page #2

once every half an hour. That's all l ask.

Are you suddenly so concerned

about Hettie's feelings?

L'm fond of Hettie.

"Fond." The word we use

for those we cannot love.

Hello.

Remind me?

That friend of Dolly's we met last summer.

Wasn't Dolly rather fond of him?

L need a drink.

You're fond enough of that.

You drive me to it.

Hello, Nancy. Would you like one of these?

Need a light, Prof?

Thank you.

- Nancy...

- Yes, l'm afraid so.

- Why hasn't your sister come down yet?

- L don't know. Nobody knows.

By the way,

how do we tell the Bigham twins apart?

Tony has a limp, and Tiger has a moustache.

Tony, limp. Tiger, 'tache.

Kitty, go and get Uncle Bob.

- Robert.

- Yes, Aunt Hettie.

Go and sit down like a couple of good boys.

- He's going for another!

- The bowler!

- Keep it tight, lads.

Don't borrow time, lads.

There was no other way

of getting there,

so l actually walked the last bit

through the fields in the dark. No torch.

Lt was like the blind leading the blind.

The whole time, l kept thinking

some maniac has escaped from Broadmoor

and was gonna leap out of a hedgerow

and strangle me.

- Or worse.

- Dolly.

Obviously, that didn't happen.

Nothing ever does.

- Joseph!

Dolly!

- Dolly!

- Hello.

- Hello.

Would you like me to bring you

a drop of brandy, sir?

No thanks, Millman.

Do you know when Dolly's coming down?

She was a little bit unwell this morning.

Nice to have you back in Devon, sir.

- Well, now where's Bob?

- Don't worry, Mum. He's just coming.

Patten.

So you survived the Mediterranean?

Just about, sir.

That young man seems to be

walking backwards instead of forwards.

L can't imagine how he ever gets anywhere.

He's a friend of Dolly's.

He was here all last summer.

Drove Millman mad, l expect.

- Red or white, Horace?

- Red, please.

- That came through loud and clear.

- What?

Prof, what's the anthropologist's

interpretation of the English marriage ritual?

Lgnore him.

L'd call this a ceremony, not a ritual.

Pardon me, Mrs Thatcham,

but isn't Canon Dakin going to say grace?

My. Bob?

- Amen.

- Amen.

Yes, it's a ritual all right,

complete with live sacrifice.

- Would that be Dolly or Owen?

- Lt's whoever says l do.

Can someone remind me

which Bigham twin is which?

Joseph says Tiger has a moustache.

L was told once that Tony has a tattoo.

Although, it's never been located.

Kitty, it is up to you to find it for us.

Joseph, please don't be disgusting.

Where is the bride?

L do so want to see the dress.

You know Dolly. She likes to take her time.

She didn't take her time

about marrying Owen Bigham.

Short engagements make for long marriages.

Just look at Nancy and David.

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