19th March, 1914

The Countess who had never made a bed in her life...

Lilian Spender

Political observer, philanthropist and wife of Wilfred Spender

[...] I went on afterwards to Mr Barton's to practice hospital bed-making. Countess Gleichen came too... We took it in turns to make different kinds of beds and the Countess*, who had never made a bed in her life before, proved much handier at it than our Commandant. I regret to say.

* Countess Feodore Gleichen