Father generally wanted to be quiet when he came home, because he works very hard at Hull.

Also my aunts aren't very strong.

A house takes up a lot of time if you do it properly.

Our servants were always bad, and so Aunt Lucy used to do a good deal in the kitchen, and Aunt Clara, I think, spent most of the morning dusting the drawing-room and going through the linen and silver.

Then there were the dogs.