ext_25895 ([identity profile] jestana.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] indeedsir_backup2012-09-01 12:47 am
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I'm writing a story set between the two World Wars. Two of the main characters are a wealthy young lady and her maid. They're traveling on an ocean liner from England to America, like Bertie and Jeeves did. Would they have shared quarters, or berthed separately? Any advice would be welcome.

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[identity profile] electricwitch.livejournal.com 2012-09-02 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
The lady would have a cabin with a salon and a bedroom, and the maid would have a little bedroom attached to the suite. If she's single, don't let the lady travel alone with only her maid though, that would never have happened.

[identity profile] jestana.livejournal.com 2012-09-02 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, good to know. *makes notes* Hmm. What if she were traveling with her great-aunt? Or should it be a male relative?

[identity profile] electricwitch.livejournal.com 2012-09-02 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Great aunt would be fine, but they would share a suite/bedroom, unless the great aunt's husband was there also, then they'd have a family suite or she would an adjacent bedroom.

[identity profile] jestana.livejournal.com 2012-09-02 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
So it'd be all right if the great aunt's husband wasn't there? He's passed away, but she's a tough old bird. Along the lines of Aunt Dahlia.

[identity profile] electricwitch.livejournal.com 2012-09-02 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that would be fine, she's old and respectable enough to chaperone her niece.

[identity profile] jestana.livejournal.com 2012-09-02 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know. I love writing the great-aunt. :D
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