‘What gift do you think a good servant has that separates them from the others? It’s the gift of anticipation.’ ~ Mrs. Wilson of Gosford Park.

Mrs. Eleanor Spencer – the formidable housekeeper of Number 13 and a purveyor of clean laundry, beeswax candles, fine manners and herbal remedies.

Partial to Syllabub, Plato and the odd glass or three of His Lordship’s finest claret.

The eyes and ears of the Piccadilly household? Absolutely!