Evening Class III

We learn that Harry Kane's business has failed and he comes close to bankruptcy, but Connie saves him by having invested money throughout her marriage which she now uses to bail him out. However Harry is not grateful and continues his affair with his secretary and to engage in dubious business practices. Connie gets on well with the people in her Italian class and is less lonely. Nora enjoys the work and she becomes friends with Aidan. However his wife is having an affair behind his back and is bored stiff with him. Another pupil at the class is Lou, a Dublin boy who works as a packer in an electrical goods shop. His parents own a small shop. He has gotten involved with a gang of criminals who use him to facilitate jobs, and he now regrets it although they have paid him generously. However, he meets a girl, Suzi, who is the daughter of Nora's landlords, and falls in love with her and he wants out of the criminal involvement. But his gang still want him to work for them, and suggest that he finds a place to stash things that they want kept for a few weeks. He's told to join the evening class so that he has an excuse for going into the school where security is fairly loose. He is not happy as he's not academic, but finds he enjoys the class. Laddy is another member of the class, he's a middle aged man who has learning difficulties, and he lives with his sister's son Gus and Gus's wife. They run a small hotel and at the hotel, Laddy met a rich Italian family and did them a favour, and they said he should come and visit them. Gus suggests that Laddy learn a bit of Italian, as he is trying to distract him from the idea of going to Italy.. since he does not think they really meant the invitation. Kathy Clark learns that Fran is not her sister but her mother. She became pregnant by a rich boy at the age of 16 and her family looked after her and she was treated as her grandparents' child. Fran is upset that she's found out the truth, but tells her that she will always be part of their family. Kathy finds that her father's family did not want him to marry Fran and they made a payment to the Clarks to keep it secret. Fran spent the money on bringing Kathy up.