A food shop let us 'eat now, pay later', thanks to the
Barrett name. But our famous name did not help us in
Jenny's work. The Head of the school thought we were rich.
'Of course, we can't pay our teachers very much,' said
Miss Whitman. 'But that won't worry you, Mrs Barrett!'
Jenny tried to explain that Barretts had to eat, just like
other people. Miss Whitman just laughed politely.
'Don't worry,' Jenny said to me. 'We'll manage. Just learn
to like spaghetti.'