This is part of ‘THE NORMAN CONQUESTS’ trilogy. Annie, the Cinderella of the family, lives in the shabby Victorian vicarage-type house where the family was brought up. Reg, her brother, and his wife, Sarah come to stay for a weekend so that she may go away for a “rest”. The general idea is that Annie ought to pair off with Tom. But for this weekend it is Norman, the raffish assistant librarian husband of Annie’s sister Ruth, with whom she planned to go. They were to meet secretly but Norman turns up early. When Annie calls the whole thing off Norman decides to stay on at the house and gets roaring drunk.
