A happy ending

A large scale clear up this morning. Later in the afternoon,  Adele and Patrick came around for another Shakespearian bonanza. This time it was Pericles, which proved (I'd not read it) a very odd play indeed, and not much like Shakespeare, including some odd word choices that didn't seem in his usual lexicon. But then Shakespeare does what he likes. Great fun reading it with Patrick and Adele -- sitting in the garden at first, lapping up a quick drink, and then then  broke off for a lamb biryani that Lorraine had cooked -- and Patrick played Lorraine the three songs he's lately composed, which I had listened to with Andrew the other night. 

Then into the smelly living room... Thanks to bad Brian to finish off the play. Quite drained by the end of it. It's all great fun spending time with Adele and Patrick who throw themselves into the action with gusto, and an educational improvement too. I can now call myself person who has read (and listened to) all of Pericles. And it had a happy ending too -- without any of the nasty shanking you expect with Willy the Sheik.