It was so peaceful, the woods, and fields with ripe corn, and animals grazing. I was looking at all the timbered buildings, and wishing I could walk in the Welsh hills. There was a train coming, I could see the smoke and hear it chugging, but it was so far away I could still hear the skylarks and the bees. I was so happy on my own. I was planning what I'd do when I left school.
Women can do all sorts of things now.
We have the vote at twenty-one. There's even been a woman Cabinet Minister. Josie glanced at him and shook her head. He talked to me about important things - the Nazis in Germany, and the General Strike a few years ago, and India becoming a Dominion, as well as the new television experiments the BBC is working on. It's called investment.' 'I'll work for my money when I have a business.