Returned home to find a letter from the solicitors asking for more money (surprise surprise), but also chasing for an answer to their letter of 13 March. That’ll be the reply I sent by e-mail on 14th March then, and followed up on last Tuesday.  Evidently they can’t seem to cope with either e-mails or complicated payment options which don’t involve paper. They’ve so far lost one cheque of mine and four e-mails, and everything is delayed by another two weeks. Sigh.