Leila Yorke, the novelist, on Claines Hall, Loose Chippings,
Sussex. Author of For True Love Only, Heather o' the Hills
(her first novel), Sweet Jennie Dean and other treacle. A large
hearty woman in the early forties, built on the lines of
Catherine of Russia, with bright, blue, piercing eyes and the
voice of a drill sergeant. Born Elizabeth Binns. Once married
to Joe Bishop, in love with former fiance Lord Blicester in
Ice in the Bedroom.
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