Miranda smiled and pulled up a chair.
“Good rehearsal, wasn’t it?” said Pat. “I enjoyed it once we got going. Sheila and I are both sops. What are you?”
“I usually sing contralto,” Miranda replied, “but I have not had much time for singing recently as I have been working such long hours.”
“That’s the trouble with work,” rejoined Sheila; “but, as they say, it keeps the wolf from the door.”
Pat was intrigued. “You’re a travel scout, aren’t you?” she asked.
“I’m freelance, but I do a lot of work for the BBC.”
“What exactly do you do?” persisted Pat.
Miranda was not keen to spill the beans about her life, so she just said, “Well, I have been working long hours on BBC programmes for the winter and next spring and as my part is now finished I am able to take some holiday. I saw this seven
