Fire and Brimstone

=Summary= A new lodger arrives: Gwyn Williams, a mature student who’s studying theology at the local college. He‘s a strict, religious man with obscure beliefs and he doesn’t like the idea of sharing a room with Philip, until Rigsby makes out that he’s lost his way and needs someone like Gwyn to guide him. Gwyn relishes the challenge, but on meeting Philip — who’s furious he has to share again because he was promised the room to himself — realizes he faces a tough task if he’s to steer Philip back on to the straight and narrow.

As it’s Wednesday, Rigsby decides to invite Miss Jones downstairs for ﬁsh and chips and a glass of white wine, while Philip has a téte-a-téte with Gwyn and convinces him that he’s not the one in need of guidance — it’s Rigsby - and that Gwyn has been sent on a mission to save him.

After their meal, Rigsby invites Miss Jones to Great Yarmouth, where he’ll let her taste the best ﬁsh and chips around. When Rigsby nips out to get a cloth after pouring wine all over her, Gwyn bursts in shouting:‘Repent!’ He sits on the sofa, holding Miss Jones’s hands and discusses the whys and wherefores of going to Great Yarmouth, putting her off the idea.

It’s not long before Gwyn has both Rigsby and Miss Jones under his spell, with the landlord singing religious songs, carrying a Bible under his arm, turning off Philip’s loud music and ripping up his tabloid newspaper. But when Miss Jones becomes a little too close for comfort, Gwyn decides it’s time to move on.