governess

Though only sixteen years old, she was an experienced and capable governess, previously employed at Ashton Place, where she had cared for the three wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton.

Even so, in Miss Lumley’s day, to be the governess in a grand estate was a lonely job.

Beowulf Incorrigible was leaning so far out the nursery window that his governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, was afraid he might tumble out.

Whether they were in London, Budapest, or Timbuktu, she was still the children’s governess, after all.

During World War Two, her mother and elderly governess were frequently her only companions.