![]() Lucy first met Miss Marple two years before the events of the novel. Lucy is also in the habit of keeping certain free periods in between engagements, which allow her to either take a short luxurious holiday, or accept a position at short notice if it takes her fancy. She had been offered enormous sums of money to take a permanent post, but she had no intentions of doing so, and she also does not book herself for more than six months ahead. Lucy never accepts an engagement for a long period of time, and her usual period is a fortnight, or a month at most, under exceptional circumstances. ![]() She is also willing to do any kind of work, from scrubbing the kitchen floor, to carrying coals. ![]() She is "unbelievably competent in every conceivable sphere". She took advantage of the shortage of skilled domestic labour, and entered the field, to the amazement of her friends and fellow-scholars.īy the time of the events of the novel, Lucy has become known all over the British Isles. ![]() She also likes meeting all sorts of people, and does not want to be with the same people all the time. She has a First in Mathematics from Oxford University but knows that scholars never earned much money. ![]() She takes a job at Rutherford Hall over Christmas, to help Miss Marple to investigate a possible murder. In the novel 4.50 from Paddington, Lucy Eyelesbarrow is a young friend of Miss Jane Marple. ![]()
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