But she was good with awkward advice. Last month she told him it was time to ‘snap out of it’. He had the Epithalamium money. It was not only Lawrence who needed new clothes. Roland, she said, was still living like a student, a depressed student. Whether Alissa was coming back or not, brighten up. Move on. She had advised him to make a home with Carol. If necessary, marry her. Daphne had cooked meals for her and liked her. They discussed the governance of television, how to open it up in the public interest, not just to commercial opportunity. Daphne had connected Carol to some of her
...more
