Its New Years Eve and Jan and Ian have invited their friends Julia and David over to spend it in their newly acquired 'home in the country'.

As the old year draws to a close there is a midnight postman bringing a parcel and cryptic note to a 'Lavinia, from Edward, with love'.

Who is Lavinia and why would the Royal Mail be delivering at this time?

This tale is set in 2008 and the cottage is clearly a second home to these new money folk.