The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett, 26 October 1989
“... it unlikely she has an acquaintance in the Italian version of the SAS, I ask whom she means. ‘St Anthony of course. The patron saint of lost things. St Anthony of Padua.’ ‘Well,’ I want to say, ‘he didn’t have far to look.’ May 1982 As I am leaving for Yorkshire Miss S.’s hand comes out like the Ancient ... ”