12/10/2023

Lynda can see Adil is under a lot of strain and suggests a couple of days away. Adil thinks that’s impossible. Everyone seems to be on his case at the moment.

Ravenous George calls into the Tea Room. Emma admits she’s missing him and that he was right about how living separately would make things better between them all. Emma catches George up on her Grey Gables tickets and Rob’s baptism. Helen comes in to say Susan and Neil have fallen off their tandem bike. Emma rushes out to them, leaving George and Helen awkwardly in each other’s company. Later with Helen, Emma brings up Rob and George’s involvement. She acknowledges things have been strained but she’s always there if Helen needs her. Helen refuses to let Rob affect her and Emma thinks she sounds strong. When George delivers salad, Helen asks him to help in the dairy.

While they work, Helen tells George her concern over raising boys and how that can lead to behaviour that might seem extreme from the outside. George gets it. Helen wants Jack and Henry to understand there’s a right way to behave. She thinks George is starting to understand this too. George apologises for the misuse of his video-making skills.

Emma helps Lynda with the seating plan for the Grey Gables Ball. Monty keeps hassling them, so Lynda takes him for a walk. Adil’s then surprised to find Emma at Ambridge Hall as he departs for a short break. She gives him a hand with his heavy luggage. On her return, Lynda’s pleased to hear from Emma that Adil has taken her advice.