 Hilary's', vaguely reminiscent of Clarence House.The three early 'Jane's' short stories ("The Jane-Willard Election", "The Terra-Cotta Coat", "For Mona's Sake", 1910–18) – set before the arrival of Dimsie herself – would eventually lead up to her first novel, "The Senior Prefect" (1921), later renamed "Dimsie Goes to School".Apart from her writing, Dorita seems to have led a life similar to that of many other unmarried middle-class women of her time, devoted to family duties and voluntary work.