“No one had ever explained to me that you had to pay for electricity; and lights, electric heaters, stoves blazed away night and day . . . When the enormous bill first arrived we thought briefly about contesting it in court on the grounds that electricity is an Act of God--an element like fire, earth and air; but legal friends assured us this would get us no where.”
Jessica Mitford, on Newlywed Life in 1930s London, Hons and Rebels
Jessica Mitford, on Newlywed Life in 1930s London, Hons and Rebels
Jessica Mitford, Tending Bar in Miami with Her Husband Esmond Romilly
Image Credit: The Mitford Family Album
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