Then as her blank stare planed a whole field of potatoes, another flush bloomed, causing a mini convulsion and shiver. Tom had been a hard working dairyman and ‘tough-as-old-boots’ farm labourer most of his life, and Frank had been a ‘ suit-and-tie’ salesman of one sort or another, so their vastly different worlds led to some amusing and enthralling tall stories. XXX “Anyway, I was thinking, you could look through her clothes and see if there’s summat you’d like. There’s nowt for me there now. “Anyway, I was thinking, you could look through her clothes and see if there’s summat you’d like. And the only way to get rid was to let Alice get on, and even with all her huffing and puffing and jiggling about, it still used to take ages to go away.”
“Oh,” said Vera, the exclamation coming from her bright red flushed face. You’re in charge of the garden, so go ahead and do whatever you like.”
“And talking of going round to Tom’s …..
