Her residence was compliments of Janet O'Brien, one of a long line of Bird Song's temporary domestics.
Dean often thought if Janet O'Brien were pushing a grocery cart containing all of her belongings, she wouldn't seem out of place.
Dean agreed and telephoned Janet O'Brien from the hall but there was no answer.
Was Edith's vivid imagination working overtime or had Jerome Shipton managed to slip by Janet O'Brien and invade his wife's room?