She liked to be in the thick of things and did not delegate easily, except where domestic chores were concerned.

[The tamed squirrels] made jolly companions but became very annoyed with her if she read too long; one would climb onto her shoulder, down her arm and sit on the page of her book 'with bushy tail outspread'.

No outsider was allowed in the station except wives of the higher officers and a few friends. Where was Harriet in all this excitement? In the station, taking the train with the troops to Piraeus.

She was never neutral, but she could be tolerant, although it was hard work - never a tolerance of indifference.

Most men in the ward were now convalescing. To her, "each day the nurse's duties became lighter and therefore more irksome.

Women can hire a domestic helper to help them with their daily chores or child-rearing but some women do not feel comfortable hiring an outsider to do such work. So they turn to their relatives, particularly their mother or their sister, to help them.