White Witch
“The warden liked to keep in touch with them, and in answer to her phone call told her to come along and he and his wife would shelter her until she could find lodgings. Laurel liked his choice of words. ‘Shelter’ was what she needed, and the grimy building in a north London square was the only place she could call home.St Agnes’ had been endowed by a rich philanthropist to be an orphanage for destitute girls. It had originally been two large houses, and was still divided into two sections, one ...for the under-fives, the other for the school age girls. Attempts had been made to modernise it from time to time and introduce advanced ideas, like the breaking up of the children into groups or families, but shortage of funds and inadequate staff, consisting mainly of young trainee nurses, who were more interested in boy-friends than their charges, had produced poor results. The children were well fed and clothed, which was the main thing. Though foster-parents are considered a better idea than an institution, there were always more children than people willing to foster.MoreLess
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