arthur's love for plants rubs off on jonathan, and he seems extremely keen on the job, even helping arthur sell his plants at the may day fête on the square. however, as the weeks go by jonathan starts to shirk his responsibilities, leaving work early and then failing to show up at all. after a few days of absence, arthur contacts christine to complain. according to christine, jonathan has left london to attend a festival in scotland with his hippy friends. christine takes over the job in his place, which is the precursor to her affair with arthur. jonathan never appears again, but in march 1993 christine visits him in scotland because he has suffered an injury.