<p><b>''Teetotal!'' Ma said. ''It''s a libel. He''ll never live it down. He''ll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What''s he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?''</b><br><br><b>''No,'' said Dr Conner.</b><br><br><b>''You''ll have to strap him down,'' Ma said. ''You''ll have to put the handcuffs on.''</b><br><br>And so after a mild heart-attack - caused by rather too much of what you fancy - Pop Larkin finds himself off the booze, off the good food and off the good life generally, much to his own and everyone''s else''s horror and upset. <br><br>And while Ma tries to find ways around ''doctor''s orders'', young Primrose is finding her own way round a rather flustered - not to say flushed - Mr Candy ...</p>