Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-06-10 Monday                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130610-1920a.mp3

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It's an impressive sight, Jenny. / Hmm? / The concrete / floor / just being up there. / staff to work in it now / biggest white elephant in the county. / I've never anticipated / recruitment being a problem in this economic climate. .... Who are you texting? / Lilian, to thank / exercising Spearmint yesterday. / Alice doesn't take him out nearly / Sent. / Oh, I'm surprised / cup of tea after / she'd been out for hours. I did ask her. / get back to tiger, I expect. / she looked dreadful. / that paper mill conversion / sucking the life out of her. / think that cut / profit / worth it. / Yeah, but at what cost? I don't want her keeling over like Tony. / God, no. / Anyway, I'll be back in time for lunch / Right ... / why didn't tell you / a businessman from Connecticut / about the church organ. / piece / traced his family here / back to the 18th century. / Don't tell me his ancestor was a lord of manor / Actually / must be related to / family / I've seen / grave in the churchyard. / Oh, that's genius, Brian. / What is? / Well, I said I'd email him information about the fund, but, I could / worse / headstone. It's, well, it's more personal connection, isn't it? / Connected to Connecticut. / Well, it might / prompt / nations / You never know.

Oh, hi, Lilian. / Jolene. / Oh, how's things? / Not good. I'm really struggling. / Hold on a .... That's it ! Stop ! / Oh, I'm interrupting you? / guy / I'm sorry / No, no. I want to hear how you are. How's it / about / I'll ring you when it's quiet.

Oh. Right. Thank you. .... They say, about an hour. / rest / Well, I'm happy to wait / Jennifer / fine / my own / absolutely insist. When / road-side recovery / say "an hour", in my experience, / they mean well in excess of an hour / nothing better to do. / Oh, really? / Well, I can't see anything under the bonnet, I'm afraid. All look very pristine. / Just precisely why I didn't think it was worth / Anyway, I didn't break down as such. There was a warning light on the dashboard / refused to go off / I thought it was safer to stop / right thing, then. Modern cars, beyond baffling. / Yes. Well, I agree with you there. / Unlike my trusty Riley. .... Would you like to sit in / while we wait / No thank you, Jim. / I'd rather wait in my car. / Oh, what a good idea. I'll join you if I may. / Oh. /  In fact, / flask of coffee in my boot, and two cheese curds.

If only someone had been with him to call an ambulance, or just to comfort him / he might have stood a chance, don't you think? / who knows? / Why wasn't I there? Why? / Oh, come on, Lilian, come on. / I was angry with him for not getting back to me, all the time. I can't help think about it / No

Did you know that there was a patron saint of blacksmith? St. Clement. / There's a patron saint of pretty much everything. / True. And / night / smith / pack gun powder / small hole in an anvil / hammer / causing a small explosion / if the anvil is weak, it will break under pressure, and  / to be melted down and re-cast. / Oh. / Perhaps your son-in-law / flower arrangement / Festival / he is far too busy. / pity. Ah, now, Jennifer, / Huh? / You are a person of culture. / I don't know about that. I used to be. / more ... than most of the denizens of Ambridge / Well, perhaps I am more widely read. / indeed / leading light of the book club / such a pity / last week. Your contributions are always so stimulating. / I've been busy. / Yes. .... Anyway, what do you know about the Virgin Mary? / What? / Christine / her research. She's overseeing  / flower / well / not a lot's known about her actual life, apart from the obvious. She is, well, she's known as the queen of heaven, of course. .... Can't you Google her? / Oh, no, please. I can face the myghology, but not the ... / believe the name of / star of the sea / not really / "from" or "off" the sea / Stella Maris / Yeah, which may partly account for / why she wears blue / represents / blue flowers / may be appropriate as well as white? / Oh, yes. Or yellow. / Yellow? / Huh huh. I've read that lemons are supposed to be a symbol of fidelity and love / as such, are associated with her. And then, of course, / course / Lady's Bedstraw. / The wild flower? / Yes. / Mary / bed / make a soft pillow for Jesus. It was also put in the bed / women / during / to color cheese? / You are a fount of knowledge. / Well, I'm interested in folk history. In fact, Borsetshire adopted it as their flower a few years ago. / relay / Christine / our rescue / that's my phone. I do apologize. .... Have a scorn. / Oh, well, yes, I am rather piggish actually. / Oh. / What? / Glen.

You see, things weren't great between us at the end. / I'm sorry. / He was all over the place. / What do you mean? / Oh, Erratic. / Oh. / Kind of desparate. ... was  wondering if I'd got myself into something / turning seriously bad / Difficult. / very controling, and he was getting more and more uptight / I had no idea / he had high blood pressure / if he never told you / Why didn't he, though? / It's not exactly pillow talk, is it? / Maybe .... Oh, we existed in a .... in a bubble. ... all so magical at first. / It couldn't go on forever. / No. / Oh, what if this stress of our relationship brought ... ... heart attack / Come on, now Lilian / could / any / if / met up / might still be alive. / Now you are talking daft. He had a problem. It could have struck at any time. ... look at Sid. / Yeah. I'm sorry. / No, it's OK. / worst thing is / so many questions / ask him / desparate to know every detail on what happened to him. / It must be hard / torture. I can't keep / enough / tough. But I think you've got to let it lie. Huh? / Yeah. / I mean it will get easier with time / I'd been widowed twice by the age of 32, and I know what you're saying is true. But right now I, I can't believe I'll never see Paul again.

You're coming in for a cup of tea, Jim? / Very kind of you to ask, Jennifer, but / 've had enough / to contain me for one day. You go in and take it easy. / Jenny? / Good bye. / Bye / thanks for the scorn. It was a life saver. / Did I just see what I thought I saw? / Yes. Well, you can't hold a grudge forever in an place the size of Ambridge, can you? / Apparently not.

Oh, no, I'd much prefer to use all white flowers. / more of a creative challenge. / It was Jennifer who came up with / blue and yellow, not me. / opinion either way. / sorry / Of course, I'd already looked up / Virgin Mary on the internet / I wasn't about to tell her that. / an ice breaker. / What was the problem with her car, anyway? / A failure of the onboard computer system. / Oh, it's frightening, isn't it? / back to the dealership. / Oh, Jennifer. / Except, it did provide a perfect opportunity for our ... / Yes. Oh, I'm sorry there's nothing to go with this. I haven't done any baking today. / don't worry / cheese curds / instrumental in softening her up. / she and I / we are definitely on the mend. / A jolly good thing, too. / I must say, I / hearful / back in / That's cool. / I was the subject of academic jealousy even then. / B... M... was the ring leader. I got my revenge by cutting the tip of his house tie. It was a very satisfying moment. / Oh, Jim. / I was determined not to let it go on with Jennifer, although, deep down, I still don't regret satirizing Brian. / After all the trouble it's caused? / Well / that / it wasn't / open / High risk. / Funnily enough, it worked in my favour. Glen / How so? / I could feel Jennifer's f... of triumph when she heard me turn him down for another series of articles. She took it as an admission of regret. / That was useful then. / Yes. What I didn't tell her was that Glen's left a door open for me to write ... occasional article in the future. / Oh, I'd steer clear. A bit of a poisoned chalice, I'd say. / We'll see. But, on balance, I rather enjoyed my foray into journalism. / In spite of its, uh, ups and downs? / In spite of them, and having to deal with the vacuous Glen.