I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse.

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.