The pub they end up at is more than a little overpriced - but hey, Elle's paying. And it does a lovely ploughman's lunch, with cheddar that exactly suits Jamie's idea of what cheese ought to taste like.

"All right," he says, once their food's finally arrived. "Now are you going to tell me what all that was about?" The question's fairly genial; food does a lot to mellow Jamie. All the same, he would like some expository dialogue, please!