I got the impression that he never actually intended to tell her about Jonathan.
Spot on, Wendy.
He could just spend a few minutes with Lois, enjoy her company as he always does, and leave having had a 'fix' of her to keep him going in his grief for another while.
Also spot on. But when we're upset, and a close friend asks how we are, that small gesture of sympathy knocks a tiny hole in our fragile defences, and the floodgates suddenly open, don't they? Been there, got that t-shirt many a time.
Oh, and thank you, W and Poussin, for the compliments. Poussin, you snuck in there while I was composing my reply to everyone else.
Yvonne
