Chapter 1 Chapter 19 Harriett’s war experience in those latter years were divided between the noise and industry of Section VIII at Whaddon Hall and the quieter contemplation of Bletchley Park. Servile motivation was the obvious, common factor among the Intelligence staff in both places, which the management reinforced with a pervasive air of superior seriousness and a demand for silent obedience. Below the surface, personalities, foibles, hopes, dreams, fears and flaws bubbled like a kettle on permanent boil. A steady supply of steam hissed out from the staff as they released the pressures of war in ways mostly unseen but often heard and gossiped about.
The Child Inside - Chapter 20
The Child Inside - Chapter 20
The Child Inside - Chapter 20
Chapter 1 Chapter 19 Harriett’s war experience in those latter years were divided between the noise and industry of Section VIII at Whaddon Hall and the quieter contemplation of Bletchley Park. Servile motivation was the obvious, common factor among the Intelligence staff in both places, which the management reinforced with a pervasive air of superior seriousness and a demand for silent obedience. Below the surface, personalities, foibles, hopes, dreams, fears and flaws bubbled like a kettle on permanent boil. A steady supply of steam hissed out from the staff as they released the pressures of war in ways mostly unseen but often heard and gossiped about.