The very sick solicitor

The solicitor on our purchase is not back. He’s still ill. Even worse he has a holiday booked for next week.That meansa) he’s unlikely to return this week and will be off next week, so the earliest we could exchange will be 30th Julyb) the firm realise that there is work being left, they appoint someone else and things move onc) the client decides that enough is enough, starts shouting and something else happensAny bets on which is most likely to happen?Surely all solicitors are not this slow?