Posted by Jon on September 18, 2006 at 13:47:02 from 199.159.117.62 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Commander Walker (was Shades of Yesteryear; Beckfoot Hot Water) posted by Prue Eckett on September 16, 2006 at 04:02:46:
Landfall, I think. Definitely a similar situation, though she was a barmaid not a colonial. Mona was herself concerned that Jerry's marrying a barmaid would hurt his career, especially with the submarine episode also on his record.
There's also the forward reference in Pastoral to Gervase getting used to being called "Mrs. Nightingale" by pilots who had no idea where the name arose.
ISTR one of the services had an (unwritten?) rule regarding marriages:
Lieutenents never
Commanders/Majors sometimes
Captains/Colonels always