Whilst instructed not to discuss any detail of her current employment with the Whittakers, Mrs Cole felt it was only polite to let her dear sister know how she was progressing. After all it was upon her sister’s recommendation that she had the good fortune of being selected for the Whittaker’s housekeeping position and it was fine employment. The terrace was a little damp and drab and the neighbourhood definitely middle class, but Mrs Cole could hardly fault her wages. The extra money allowed her to save a little each week and she took great delight in placing the coinage in the toe of her stocking and tucking it between her bed and mattress. No, she doubted the contents of her letter flaunted the strict rules regarding her new charges. Talking of Mr Whittaker’s failing health and of Claire’s improving progress with her lessons was hardly exciting news. Of more interest to Mrs Cole was the household’s benefactor. She guessed him to be wealthy and a widower, aged, perhaps, with no dependents.
