“ Of course she let us all adore her in the hall outside the Waitrose. But on one of the last times I bumped into her Millie was heading into the clothing store I was also entering. She proceeded right to the back room and I mentioned her presence to the clerk. "Oh yes," she said, "she comes often". I wonder if Millie was ever more distant from home than the Spires?
P.S. I have known a few wonderful Millies, and the first was my mother. ”