18/02/2016
It is a big day for Brookfield, and Brian has a fatherly sense of dread.
At Brookfield they say goodbye to the herd. Pip worries that they might be distressed, but Ruth assures her they'll be looked after. Pip gets talking to Bert as he starts to gather materials for his egg-mobile.
Brian goes to the Borchester market to support David and Ruth as the cows are sold. Brian's astounded that Justin's trusting Lilian with an expense account as part of her new job - what on earth will Justin's wife Miranda make of it? Brian comments that Justin's using Lilian to get in with the Borchester crowd. He and Jenny also laugh about the idea of Lilian going teetotal. More seriously, Brian's not looking forward to Kate "descending" on Home Farm again.
David manages to fetch some good prices for the livestock. David and Ruth have a heart-to-heart in the now-emptied cow sheds. They may be missing their cows, but David says he is just glad they haven't lost one other.
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