CHAPTER SEVEN
LONDON, FRIDAY 16 JUNE 1944
It does not happen often but there are times when a special document for the Admiralty must be completed and delivered on the same day. This is just such a day and Mr Simpson has asked Elsie to stay an extra half hour to finish it so that he can send the boy round to deliver it on time. She does not mind, not really, and there is nothing much to rush home for, anyway. Only her mother nagging on and giving her a bad time. Of course, it means a late evening meal, although, that said, her mother can get up off her fat bottom and take the pie out of the oven and eat earlier. She won’t, though. Elsie shakes her head.
She finishes typing and spends 10 minutes editing and checking for mistakes of any kind. Finally satisfied, she rises, goes into Simpso
