Her father dealt in diamonds and he had been married before, giving her seven elder half-siblings who had been born in America and Germany.

[1] The novel involved Mike Bhear who believes that money can buy him nearly anything he wants and his young maid who expects more respect than she gets.

[3] The maid is actually Lady Margaret Taunton[4] but the boss does not know that and she says "Oh Sir you mustn't talk like that with you a real gentleman and me just a poor girl".

Mike's offer to Maggie includes a career on the stage in the musical theatre.

It was titled Brineta ar Brighton: A Boarding house romance and it involved a meeting of people of different social classes.