Daphne Amory - Blunt likes dogs ( 5 - all bitches) tweed and stout walking shoes.
She was "disappointed in love" in 1947 and remained at home living off the small trust fund with Mummy and Daddy.
There was the most awful stink in 1951 when Daddy made some very unwise investment choices and they had to sell the Big House and move in to the Lodge - where Daphne and the bitches have remained ever since.
Mrs Hopkins at the village shop has told her that Carl and Julian ( who have bought The Laurels)are Gay ........ " Well of course they are dear - Gay and Bright have you seen how Julian has brought the Shrubbery back to life?? - now 1lb of the best back bacon, milk and Bread - and pop in some lambs liver for my girls please - and have Darren deliver"
Daphne hasn't paid her account at the village store since 1996.
She walks the bitches back to the Lodge, Carl stands transfixed in horror as 17st of canine cannonball hurtles towards his Armani clad crotch - "Don't mind Bess dear - she's just being friendly" Daphne beams - as Bess drools over Carl - who is now getting the full effect of Bess's halitosis.
Daphne would like to invite Carl and Julian over to the lodge for a sherry one evening but once the dogs are settled in the armchairs and sofa's there's not much room. She decides she'll wait til the weather is better then they can have Pimms in the garden while she pins Julian down to what exactly he feeds the Hebes.
She makes the bitches Liver and Potato.
She has a bacon sarnie.