Evening Class Part II

Aidan is delighted to find a teacher who will work for a small fee and who share his interest in Italy. They talk, and he feels a bit less depressed at not getting the headship and his wife's increasing coolness towards him. His elder daughter, Grainne, works in a bank and unknown to him, is seeing Tony OBrien, who has now become head of the school. She is angry when she finds that Tony got the job her father was hoping for but although he is several years older than her, she is attracted to him and goes on seeing him. The classes start and a surprising number of people turn up. One is Bill, a bank officer who knows Grainne. He is a nice shy lad who has a ditzy extravagant girlfriend. Another is a wealthy woman, Constance, who is married to a rich businessman. She and her husband have 4 children but their marriage is not very happy. Their sex life never worked out, and her husband soon turned to a mistress and ignores her. Connie's father was a gambler and he died in debt and her mother pushed her to find a well to do husband. She genuinely loved Harry but now after many years of an empty marriage she is depressed. Another pair who join the class are 2 sisters, Fran and Kathy Clark. Their father is a plumber and Kathy is still at school. Fran tries to encourage her sister to learn more and work towards getting a good job...