I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.
Mary Wesley
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- Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.
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