Status Updates From Jane y Prudence

'If it is true that men only want one thing, Jane asked herself, is it perhaps just to be left to themselves with their soap animals or some other harmless little trifle?'

'What a fine marrow, Mr Driver,' said Miss Doggett in a bright tone. 'It is the biggest one we have had so far, isn't it, Miss Morrow?'
Miss Morrow, who was scrabbling on the floor among the vegetables, mumbled something inaudible.
'It is magnificent,' said Mrs Mayhew reverently.
Mr Driver moved forward and presented the marrow to Miss Doggett with something of a flourish.