But Peter could have said "Oh, Bunter just gets on with things, don't worry about it" rather than specifically telling her to compliment him on his organisational skills (I was going to say 'butter him up a bit' but there are too many filthy minds about). It does look as though he is trying to um... ease things along for the Harriet-Bunter side of the triangle that he's only just thought of.
And yes, now I look, conversations with the baker and the milkman account for most of the logistics so Bunter didn't have to go outside the house. But if the bacon isn't being fried until 8, how early is he talking to the baker or the earlier milkman? And how much earlier than that does Harriet wake up/is woken up by Bunter moving furniture about? You are quite right, it's not love or vicarage sherry, it's sleep deprivation.
And I am going to have to read the whole canon again, I can see.
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Re: Busman's menage a trois
Date: 2010-04-20 04:37 pm (UTC)But Peter could have said "Oh, Bunter just gets on with things, don't worry about it" rather than specifically telling her to compliment him on his organisational skills (I was going to say 'butter him up a bit' but there are too many filthy minds about). It does look as though he is trying to um... ease things along for the Harriet-Bunter side of the triangle that he's only just thought of.
And yes, now I look, conversations with the baker and the milkman account for most of the logistics so Bunter didn't have to go outside the house. But if the bacon isn't being fried until 8, how early is he talking to the baker or the earlier milkman? And how much earlier than that does Harriet wake up/is woken up by Bunter moving furniture about? You are quite right, it's not love or vicarage sherry, it's sleep deprivation.
And I am going to have to read the whole canon again, I can see.