Mildred Lathsbury's Flat

Mildred Lathbury lives in a rented flat on the second story of a brick apartment building in London. There is a second flat located on the same floor and business offices located on the first. Although Mildred only works morning hours at the Censorship, the rest of her days are busy with church work so that the noise from the business offices hardly ever reaches her ears. The location of the building is in a less that superior part of the city, however Mildred is satisfied with the rental payments.

The apartment is on the small side but suitable for Mildred, who lives alone. The only real complaints Mildred has about the flat are that the tenants must share a bathroom as well as dustbins and the basement. The bathroom is the most annoying to Mildred, who ends up doing a great deal of the...