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.

• Ice in the Bedroom