Bonus Material: A Surrey State of Affairs 3

Posted by Carleen Peters in Abacus, Blog, Bonus Material, Book News, Previews, Recommended Reading

It was bound to happen and, though Constance may not agree with us, sooner is probably better than later! Find out what happens when Miss Hughes (Constance’s co-star and sometimes antagonist in A Surrey State of Affairs) stumbles across an advance reading copy of the book . . .

Thursday 24th February 2011

Constance Harding, blog post 3

Readers, I still cannot face these encounters in my new place of work with equanimity. I may have won the right not to wear a baseball cap, after explaining at some length to the owner – a small, nervous-looking man – that the item is an affront to the very the soul of an Englishwoman, then threatening to eat it, but that doesn't mean I'm entirely happy with my lot.

Whenever I see an old friend or acquaintance in there, I'm reminded of the change in my fortunes. Once I owned one of the best houses in the village and employed a housekeeper, albeit one with a poor grasp of the Queen’s English and dreadful taste in underwear. Now I live in a minuscule cottage – which I only thought charmingly bijoux until I discovered there was no room for my Victorian oak sideboard – and am compelled to work three mornings a week at the local Italian-style cafe, frothing up coffees and handing out over-priced biscuits (I will not say biscotti) from a glass jar.

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A Surrey State of Affairs is published by Abacus on 31 March.