What were your expectations before going into the house?
I had only one rock solid expectation; and that was that I should have my own bedroom, which I did not!

How well do you think you were suited to the Regency era?
Extremely well suited. I find the manners of the period particularly agreeable being neither too stiff nor too familiar ... I like the faintly raffish atmosphere and have absolutely no problem with limitless leisure, nor the healthy framework of social and domestic discipline that went with it. On the other hand, magnificent as the food was, it was not really a suitable diet for me.

Did you enjoy playing the role of chaperone?
My charge was a twenty nine year old graduate of Cambridge University, hence my chaperongage of her had to be administered with a very light touch. I wish I might have had the pleasure of plotting with her to catch any man she would admit to finding attractive, but she was adamant that there was no such man in the house. Although Miss Connick had no fortune of her own and her family dearly wished her to marry well, she resolutely refused to play this game and would have preferred a superior level of whoredom in London to a loveless marriage. In the end, therefore, I had no role but to support her in this extremely modern but very dignified resolve and to encourage her to enjoy herself with good humoured discretion which I did. But she needed no lessons from me I was disgracefully under-employed.

Which male do you think was most suitable for your charge?
Had I had any say in the matter I should naturally have selected the richest man who was not utterly ridiculous, unspeakably hideous or incurably drunk. There was not a great deal of choice.

Which male did you personally think the most attractive?
That would be telling, now wouldn't it? Oh, no, no, no. I really don't think you should know that. After all, I'm an old lady who is not entitled to opinions or preferences of this kind.

What was your best time?
1. The period during which I was happily employed was painting a decorative bedroom screen. I had work of a pleasurable kind to occupy my time a gratifying amount of appreciation and every one came up to me during the day for a chat in the bit of space that I and my screen could reserve to ourselves.

2. Magical rides in the Park (side-saddle) with my esteemed friend Lady Devonport, other valued companions sometimes and our trusty grooms, Eddie, and Ian. Fairytale stuff.

What was your worst time?
The only thing that ever really freaked me out was the idea of corporate religious exercises for the benefit of the camera.

Do you have any regrets?
There is a contributor whose character I wish I had studied more closely at an earlier stage and to whom I had been a better friend sooner. A degree of tiresomeness might have been avoided.

What annoyed you most in the house?
The very oppressive rules regarding status and privileges which were far too rigidly, and rather unrealistically enforced. It did not seem to occur to those responsible that a combination of charm and talent can often make a socially obscure guest more genuinely desirable than an individual in better circumstances. This has always been the case and applies particularly to young, unmarried women.

Do you think your experience in the house has changed you?
Not one iota.

What did you miss from the 21st Century?
Dietary items ... coffee, and salad.

Who will you keep in touch with?
Anyone who wishes to keep in touch with me, but particularly Lady Devonport with whom I enjoyed a "Hinge and Bracket" type of relationship, Miss Conick, Mrs Hammond and Miss Hopkins who lives near me. And I should like to talk to every one individually now that the affair has gained some distance. I doubt I shall get the chance, however.

What are you doing now?
Wage slaving, as mentioned above.

What would you have liked to see happen to your Regency personae?
I'm not quite sure what you mean ... but if you mean how would I like it edited... I'd like to seem laid back and laconic and possibly the one who usually kept her head when all around were losing theirs or making off into the woods.

If you were to do it again what would you do differently?
I had a little lapse from perfect, becoming impassivity ... The plate throwing incident ... you may have heard of it. Given a second chance I should strive to retain my reputation for icy indifference.

Is there anything else interesting about your experiences?
I had never been able to write a short story before but I did write rather a good one for the Ghost evening we had to entertain ourselves. I wrote the story in one day, putting the last full stop to the last sentence just as the last footman on duty extinguished the last candle in the drawing room. It was a wonderful buoyant feeling and tends to prove that for me at least, a brief and a deadline are essential to a good performance. And going up to bed that night, my manuscript and pens and ink well in hand, I felt very "Regency" indeed!