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Sunday 4pm February 25 1938
Tristan and James were out on their rounds and Siegfried and Audrey were just sitting down to a cup of tea when the phone rang.
Brring,brring,brr
“I’ll get it”
Siegfried gave her a nod of thanks.
“Darrowby 2297”
“Hello Audrey”Helen greeted recognizing Audrey’s voice.
“Good afternoon Helen” grinned Audrey.
“Could you watch Jenny from Tuesday till Wednesday,?”
Helen was always one to get right to the point wasn't she, it was actually one of the things she liked most about her,thought Audrey.
“Of course, I’ll have to check with Mr. Farnon Though.”
“You're a lifesaver.”
“ How’bout I ask Mr.Farnon and call you back” Audrey suggested.
“Surething goodbye”
"Good bye"
She hoped Siegfried,no Mr Farnon would agree, she missed having someone to mother since Tristan was finally starting to grow up and James was spending most of his time with Helen so it would be nice to have Jenny for a bit.
She walked back to the kitchen,all the while thinking about how to convince Siegfried to let
Jenny stay at Skeldale house,not that he would have to do anything.
“Who was it”Siegfried asked while dunking a piece of shortbread in his tea.
“It was-” Audrey started hesitantly but Siegfried cut her off. “Don’t tell me it’s Mrs pumphrey, She’ll give the poor beast a heart attack at this rated” She gave him an annoyed look
“No it was Helen she wanted to know-”
“What did she want?”
“ I could tell you if you ever let me finish’’ she said in a sarcastic tone.
Siegfried gave her an apologetic gaze. He could be infuriating but he was a good man and she loved him even though he made her hackles rise on occasion. The fact that she loved him even though he was with Dorthey and clearly didn’t love her or at least not in the same way was even more upsetting to her.
“She wanted to know if I could babysit Jenny From Tuesday evening till Wednesday afternoon,
I said I had to ask you first.”
It angered him to see people taking advantage of someone he held so dear, probably the person he held most dear though, he wouldn’t admit to himself even.
“Really Mrs. Hall I don’t know why you let them take advantage of you, I’ve always said that you have too big of a heart and people take advantage of people with big hearts”he nearly shouted.
They are not taking advantage I was actually looking forward to it” she said calmly but with a look of disapproval on her face.
“Well then of course you can watch her” he said quickly and apologetically. “Good, I’ll go tell Helen” she said while walking back to the telephone.Siegfried watched her walk away think about how pretty she was and how screwed he was.