My mind went blank. BrianandElaine? ColinandElaine? Elaine-married-to- Gordon-who-used-to-be-head-of-Tarmacadam-in-Kettering Elaine?
"She thought it might be nice to have one or two young'uns there to keep Mark company."
MalcolmandElaine. Begetters of the insufferable Mark Darcy. I thought he had been dismissed by Mum as the Satanic Rudeman from Hades for refusing to get off with me at Una's Turkey Curry Buffet.