Chapter Thirty (Love is a Toothache)
Captain was right, Martha has a new boyfriend. Carolyn is worried about her and wants Captain to help find out who Martha's boyfriend is. He told me he doesn't know who it is, only that Martha likes someone. He and Carolyn argue but in the end he agrees to Carolyn's wishes, and I sense they are working together in this. There has been a lot of that happening lately. Martha is sad because the dentist doesn't seem to like her.
Captain accuses Carolyn of meddling, but how often does he do the same thing? Carolyn asks Claymore to help out and be nice to Martha, but as usual he messes it up. Carolyn kicks him out.
Carolyn is in a bad mood, until Captain tells her he can help. He has a plan but Carolyn has to help him out without knowing what it is. I am surprised when she agrees to it.
Carolyn invites the dentist to our home; I guess she is trying to set him up with Martha. When he arrives it seems he has brought his mother with, him. I am a dog and I do not understand this. The dentist's mother is quite bossy, why doesn't he talk for himself? He looks older than Captain when he died, how can Dentist still be listening to his mother? Captain doesn't like our visitors, and I don't like them either. Our Martha deserves better than this. Finally Martha tells them off! She says she'd as soon marry that ogre, meaning the Captain. Captain is quite put out by the comparison.
He is concerned that Carolyn thinks the same of him, but she tells him she does not. It turns out Captain knew about the mother, and knew that when Martha met her that things would work out as they were supposed to. They exchanged tender words, wishing that Captain was mortal. See, they do want to be together. I think they are making progress.