“They’re an easy walking distance apart,” said Trudi.

“Every school holidays she took me in to give my parents a vacation from parenting. Grandma made those visits a lot of fun, and she had a huge turn of the century mansion on a large battle axe block. Every part of the garden was an adventure waiting to happen. She left her other two properties to my mother and that one to me. So I’ve enjoyed 73 St Patrick Street every day for the last five and a half years, instead of only the school holidays,” said Daniel.

“73 St Patrick Street! Because of the battle-axe block, that must be the large property that shared a borderline row of trees with 69 St Patrick Street,” said Trudi, 69 was fairly large too, and also of a battle-axe configuration. So 71 St Patrick Street must have been between the driveways of 69 and 73.”

“How do you know so much about that street?” asked Daniel.

“I lived with Mum in 69 St Patrick Street until I got married from age 18-20. Then my own divorce settlement augmented my acting wages enough to enable me to keep the brief marital home by buying my ex husband out,” said Trudi.

“He doesn’t sound at all EX-emplorary,” said Daniel.

“Mum never remarried, as the experience put her off trusting men altogether. Having watched a few of Dad’s pictures on TV when I was aged 10 to 13, I knew I wanted to be an actress. I got an ongoing supporting role in a show filmed near the next village from age 15 to 24, and we did a reunion movie about four years ago,” said Trudi.

“What was the show?” asked Daniel.

“’Mountains Family’,” said Trudi.

“I know the name, but I’ve never seen it, I’m sorry to have to admit to you,” said Daniel.

“In a way that’s refreshing,” said Trudi, taking a folding set of photographic sleeves out of her purse, “I have these with me all the time, to show them to agents and casting staff. They’re stills taken from some of the shows I’ve done. Here’s one from the first season of the show, when I was 15.”

“You were pretty then too,” he said.

She blushed, and did her best to change the subject. Now didn’t seem to be the best time to bring up the fact that she had a boyfriend of four or five years back in the United States, with a young son as well.

“We shot all my scenes on Saturdays until I left school,” she said, “It’s such a surprise to learn that you live in the house that’s effectively next door to my childhood home.”

“That row of trees is still there, but the new owners of 69 and I shared the cost of building a proper fence the two properties, just on 69’s side of the trees. I’m glad I got to keep the trees on my side,” said Daniel.

“They’d have meant more to you over a longer period of living there,” said Trudi.