Episode 49

🎼  Dum ti dum ti dum ti dum ...

Alice:  Oh hi, Chris.  What are you doing home this early ?

Christopher:  I could ask you the same question.  Why are you digging down the back of the sofa?

Alice:  I think I left half a bottle of gin down here last night but I really can’t remember.

Christopher:  You have to cut down on your drinking, love,  Every day is a party day for you.

Alice:  Oh don’t you start.  You sound just like my mother.

Christopher:  Which reminds me.  It seems Adam and Ian aren’t the only gays in the village.

Alice:  Whatever do you mean ?

Christopher:  Mum tells me your mother has a new love interest and it’s a woman.

Alice:  That’s ridiculous !  Mum would never be unfaithful to Dad, despite all he’s done.  And she would have told me.

Christopher:  Perhaps she will when you sober up.

Alice:  Oh, here’s the bottle.  I wonder if we’ve got any tonic ?

Christopher:  Come on, Alice, concentrate on your mum.  I think you should have a word with her, she is acting strange.

Alice:  I know, I know.  Even after all these years, she’s never got over the shock of being related to a Horrobin.

Christopher:  Well thanks a lot for that, Alice.  This is my mum you’re talking about.

Alice:  I don’t suppose you got a lemon when you were in the shop ?

🎼. Dum ti dum ti dum ti dum ...

(Ed.   Being related to an Aldridge is just as bad,)