Agatha Christie to her friends
Mid-1930s, England. Lady Peter Wimsey is writing to her mother-in-law about a very interesting conversation* she once had with her friend Agatha Christie from the Detection Club.
A) How would she have addressed Christie, as a friend, in conversation? (Specifically, did she have a nickname or anything?)
B) How would she have named her to her mother-in-law? (Who doesn't know Christie personally but has heard a lot about their friendship.)
I've done some googling around Christie, correspondance, nicknames, friends, address, Detection Club, etc, but I didn't get anything specific enough to be confident, especially for that particular period of her life. And this is for like two lines, so I don't want to go read a whole biography. And I have no idea how the levels of formality would have worked out, especially given that these are women who respect but do not necessarily obey traditional rules. So I'm hoping there's some Christie expert on here who knows.
*involving an extremely odd wasp, if you must know.
A) How would she have addressed Christie, as a friend, in conversation? (Specifically, did she have a nickname or anything?)
B) How would she have named her to her mother-in-law? (Who doesn't know Christie personally but has heard a lot about their friendship.)
I've done some googling around Christie, correspondance, nicknames, friends, address, Detection Club, etc, but I didn't get anything specific enough to be confident, especially for that particular period of her life. And this is for like two lines, so I don't want to go read a whole biography. And I have no idea how the levels of formality would have worked out, especially given that these are women who respect but do not necessarily obey traditional rules. So I'm hoping there's some Christie expert on here who knows.
*involving an extremely odd wasp, if you must know.