“Thanks for inviting us round,” said Jim. “Did you not invite Elijah?”
“Have you not heard?” said Ben. “He’s emigrating. A university overseas has offered him a position. He’s off sorting the paperwork out now.”
“Logan and Alex White are leaving too,” said Jim.
“Admit,” said Ben. “Roberts is a genius.”
“You can’t be serious.”
“Never underestimate the enemy.”
“No, but...”
“Things could be worse, Jim.”
“How could they be worse? We went up to our plot yesterday. There are houses going up all around and yet we can do nothing because we don’t match the correct profile for finance. It’s making us ill, all this anxiety.”
“But you told me you both used to live on an allotment site. Things aren’t as bad as that.”
“We said goodbye to the Whites the other day. Neither of them consider thems
