Living Alone by Stella Benson. A Ladies' Committee meeting in war-torn London is a strange place to meet a witch, and Sarah Brown isn't the type that strange things happen to. But everything in her life begins to change when she moves into the House of Living Alone.

-I stole this bun, - she explained frankly. -There is an uninterned German baker after me.- -And why did you steal it?- asked Miss Ford, pronouncing the H in -why- with a haughty and terrifying sound of suction. The Stranger sighed. -Because I couldn't afford to buy it.- -And why could you not afford to buy the bun?- asked Miss Ford. -A big strong girl like you.- You will notice that she had had a good deal of experience in social work. The Stranger said: -Up till ten o'clock this morning I was of the leisured classes like yourselves. I had a hundred pounds.