Note 47 — Chapter V · 1860—1870 NOTTINGHAM PLACE SCHOOL. BEGINNING OF HOUSING WORK.
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How difficult some of Octavia’s zealous workers found this problem may be gathered from the following story:—On one occasion she heard a stormy altercation going on between one of her collectors and a tenant, and found that the point at issue was whether the rent due was 6s. 11d. or 7s. all but a penny.