TPR had been very busy in my absence. He’d plumbed in the two new bathroom suites, both of which were chunky white. He’d also started decorating both bathrooms in pale green colours. Our own bathroom – no longer en suite – was covered in a mix of antique wallpapers.

I approved of TPR’s work, especially his decision to switch to a smaller bath tub in the guest bathroom to give us extra space for a deep jacuzzi in ours. My only complaint was that if you turned on the light switch above one mirror, the light over the other one was illuminated.