Further to my dialogue with Usky - This is my version of Robert's and Lynda's reunion after he went AWOL for those few days...

I returned to Ambridge with a heavy heart. I loved Lyndy but if she could not accept my position over my daughters we would have to part. I loved her but I was no doormat. That it should have come to this I thought sadly, remembering all Lynda’s support for me over the years with the girls’ mother and the business.
Imagine my surprise, then when Lynda fell upon me, weeping and promising the earth; begging me to stay. How could I resist my beautiful and apologetic wife? Light of my life. My Lyndy. My marriage wasn’t over. Lynda had seen reason and loved me still! Of course I forgave her! And then as I took in the glorious sight of my repentant wife a thought entered my head and caused me further disturbance in the trouser department as I saw Ellen’s pert little bottom being soundly caned and spanked. Well, it would be ungentlemanly to make love to Lynda while ‘seeing’ Ellen’s delectable rump.