Just thinking over things last night, and would be more than happy to be corrected on this ...but
I very much get the feeling that Helen was the outsider within her home in Royston.
We have been told, by JB, that Helen was very fond of ISs sons - but I have not heard any remark from them, or from the g/f which would indicate that they liked her.
OS said when he knew that Helen and his father were to marry, he was pleased...but that is all I can see.
Jamie, on the night of April 11, does not ask IS where Helen is, even though he acknowledges in court that she must have been home because her cars were there. I know we have discussed this and it may have been quite normal to know that if Helen was not around, then everyone knew she was either working or had gone to bed...but I still think it indicates a lack of interest in her, that no comment was made.
OSs g/f does not seem overly keen, only mentioning that Helen was a nervous driver, that Helen didnt acknowledge her on the night of April 9 and that Helen had had an argument about her ( the gf) staying over at the house.
Also I noted the gfs comments about how she had been spending more time at Hartwell Lodge, cooking for OS and IS and that Jamie had joined them for the meals. Again, Helen is not mentioned.
As I say, we only get fleeting glimpses and not the whole picture, but it has made me feel sad that here was a woman who had bought a beautiful house for this family, paid the bills, provided the food, cooked for them and cleaned up after them ( from her book ) but does not seem to have received much if anything in return.
