The Grand Staircase At Seaford House

NOTES? The Royal Janitor

Day before yesterday, I composed (in my head) how Serena Weldon met her second husband, Commodore Sir Alfred Arthur Ainsworth, at Seaford House. He is the Commodore of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. It was love at first sight when she saw him come down the grand staircase that was used in the movie S.O.S. Titanic. This morning, as I took my place before my computer with my large coffee, I followed a hunch. I googled the passenger list for the Titanic. I had been puzzled why Rena was afraid of the sea, and, why she married Sir Ian Easton, a Admiral in the British Navy who captained several aircraft carriers. He was twenty years her senior. They lived on the Isle of Wight where Ian raced yachts. Did Rena go sailing with Ian, or, did she stay at home watching him from…