Chapter 7: 6

6 The Same to the Same 15a, Whittington Terrace, Bayswater 4th October, 1928 Dear Bungie, Yours to hand, and your remarks about middle-aged spinsters noted. I will try not to be (a) catty; (b) mid-Victorian; (c) always imagining myself to be truly run after. I did not know I was all those things, but, being a modern woman and a successful novelist, no doubt you are quite right. Also, of course, you are quite right to speak your mind. As you say, married life should be based o…