Ah hour and a second pot of tea later we have heard several stories about James' grandfather, and I have enjoyed hearing them all very much. I feel more relaxed about the idea of possibly meeting the man in the future.
"I am...suitably shocked at that story. A man so proudly regimented in his routine and duty... Discarding it all momentarily for a woman," James remarks. We'd just heard about a time his grandfather didn't turn up for a ceremony, as he had taken a woman out on a date.
"Well, that woman ended up being your grandmother, lad," Colin laughs, "if that helps to explain it? Love trumped duty on that occasion. Sometimes our hearts overrule our brains."
"Was this the boy you went to my barn for?" Ian asks me. I shake my head.
"Most definitely not. But...it was exactly like you sa
