Lynn Benfield

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Lynn Anne Benfield was born in either 1946, or 1947 (she's 50 in 1997). Lynn’s mother Peggy needs Lynn to help her with a lot of things. However Peggy died in 2001, Lynn seems to have benefitted financially from the will, or an insurance policy. Lynn earns £7,000 a year, later £8,000, and eventually £9,500 from her employment as Alan's personal assistant. Lynn is a staunch Christian of the Baptist denomination and takes the Bible and its teachings very seriously. She is often seen as timid and quiet but harbours certain outdated concepts and strong opinions, most noticeably a tinge of xenophobia when discussing the ethnicity of Jesus Christ (a trait she shares with her mother). Alan describes her on several occasions as being like a mouse or a badger; this is justified through both her behaviour and physical appearance. She is often passive and quiet when Alan is either telling her off or saying something completely misguided and when she does take a stand with Alan she is frequently shot down by his skewed reasoning and banal putdowns. She is seen to be very prudish with language, sex and non-Baptist activities or beliefs, though comes across as quite an agreeable and pragmatic woman with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of patience and tact. She is probably the only person that Alan has been close to in his life for longer than a few months or years and is also the only person that Alan feels he can control and manipulate.