“I?” said Leslie, in extreme surprise.
“Well, you’ve held down a very difficult, important job, though I don’t know what it was, for years,” said Lydia, “and you’ve been to America twice to help the government, and you’ve been torpedoed, and your brother is at sea, which is enough to make anyone worry, and I think you are simply splendid. I’ve done absolutely nothing at all except bits of V.A.D. and land work and working parties and all that sort of easy stuff. Every time I thought I’d found a job Noel was moved on again and by the time we had moved everyone had lost interest in me. I know everyone says, why aren’t I called up, but if I said I hadn’t had any luck yet no one would believe me. Anyway, I shall try again.”
“Do you mean get a job and leave your husband?” said Leslie.
“I supp
