Spike: An Intimate Memoir. Norma Farnes

tall and statuesque like Paddy, in contrast to Liz. Roberta committed the gravest of all sins as far as I was concerned: she fell in love with him. Fatal. I warned him about it but I think her devotion fed his ego. In an effort to prevent things going too far I took her aside and warned her of his black moods, volatile temperament and other girlfriends, of his devotion to his children and belief in marriage. I might as well have been speaking Urdu. She vowed that she wanted to protect and devote her life to him. Apparently, no doubt in the aftermath of one of their rows, Spike had told her that Paddy made him ill. That is as may be, I told Roberta, but he still loves her. She would not accept that he did and confided she would like to have his child. I was horrified.