1940
From Blushes 30 The summer of 1940 was a strange time. Not only were the German armies pouring across Europe, leaving a trail of destruction, but many people found themselves uprooted from their usual surroundings and involved in unusual adventures. Peter Wilson was one of these. Whilst waiting to go into the Army, he answered an advertisement requiring a tutor for six months at an address in Southern Ireland. He was accepted for the post, the pay was good, and, a week later, he arrived at Strathbally Castle to find that his job was to teach two girls. They were the nieces of Lady Strathbally, the owner of the castle and a widow. Their parents were in Singapore. Peter was alarmed to discover that both girls were almost as old as he; old enough, indeed, to be in the services had they been in England. But they were not, and Lady Strathbally was determined that their education should be continued. His employer made it perfectly c...