Sophia Minton

In the novel N or M?, Sophia Minton is one of the guests at the Sans Souci in Leahampton. She is described as an elderly woman, thin and angular, with a neck that is "stringy". She wears chains or necklaces of beads. She is often seen knitting items  of khaki wool to help  with the war effort  or volunteering at  a depot packing parcels for the troops at the front.