by Beryl Bainbridge
with Rosemary Leach as Rita, Michael Gambon as Piers

'I wish people wouldn't invite strange men to meet me. She's asked someone called Piers. A regular bundle of fun.'

Rita does go but seems more preoccupied with her children and mother next door than with the party. And Piers is not at all the expected kind of ladykiller.

(Next week: "The Peddler" by E.A. Whitehead)