Yes, I forgot that. That’s the result of having a father who is what is called old-fashioned.
MONTY
What do you mean?
JANET
All letters to the Manor House are delivered locked in a bag. They always have been since the Flood, I believe, or at least since the invention of the postal service. And, of course, father won’t have it altered, So every morning there’s the ritual of unlocking this absurd bag. No one is allowed to do that but father—unless he is ill. Then mother has the privilege. And of course he. scrutinizes the outside of every letter and directly it’s opened asks who it’s from and what’s inside it. Your letters would have been noticed at once.
MONTY
How beastly!
JANET
The penalty of having nothing to do, Monty.