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Episode Twenty Five: Edges
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Episode Twenty Five: Edges

Helen reports how her mother took the news of her engagement to Tom, while his head is full of plans for their first summer as a married couple. Lindsay returns from the Cairngorms.

Lochgreen

4th April 1946

My own darling, I suppose you’ll be anxious to know how I got through the whole ordeal. Well, I wasn’t the least bit dramatic.  All I said was, ‘Mother, Tom and I are getting married!’  The answer I got was far from what I expected.  Religion wasn’t even mentioned but what she said had definitely been rehearsed.  I said no matter …

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